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いる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
いる
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. to stay  (often written with kana only)
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
3. (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)  (the い is sometimes dropped; often written with kana only)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 158,233 which gives a rank of 713
いる is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 300 (about 2,520,000,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 181 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 79
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
ここ
にん
しかいない
There are no more than six persons here.
ゆうじん
友人
いなくなる
Soon you will find yourself friendless.
さかな
たくさんいます
There are lots of fish!
居る
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Reading : いる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 17,000 (about 39,500,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5225
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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ゐる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 101,000 (about 1,810,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 13707
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キョ   い to exist, to be present   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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corpse
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