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うわさ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
BOOST
Reading : うわさ   
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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噂 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 9,000 (about 85,500,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1870 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4098
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 24 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
うわさ
かねがねたいそう
うけたまわ
っています

I have heard quite a lot about you.
まぁ
じっさい
実際
もんだい
問題
そんな
うわさ
うずま
渦巻
なか
よく
ぶかつ
部活
そんぞく
存続
してる
おも

Well, practically speaking, with those rumors circulating, I think they've done well to keep the club running.
その
うわさ
すでに
ひろ
まっていた

The rumour has already spread.
うわさ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 48,000 (about 9,870,000 results)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 1883
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 24 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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うわさ rumor, gossip   
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ソン   たっと    とうと precious, dear, exalted   たっと    とうと to set a high value on, to esteem highly   
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スン   inch
chieftain   
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ハチ   や    や    よう eight   
sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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