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おさない is an exact match with one form of the following word:
幼い
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Readings : おさない    いとけない   
幼い can be read in 2 ways: おさない (80%), いとけない (20%).
1. very young
2. childish; immature
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 117,171 which gives a rank of 3,071
幼い 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: 28,000 (about 21,500,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3671 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3308
• 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 44 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:
かれ
かんが
とても
おさな

His way of thinking is very childish.
かのじょ
彼女
ほんとう
本当
こと
まだ
おさな
すぎる

She is too young to know the truth.
かれ
あまりに
おさな
ので
がっこう
学校
けなかった

He was too young to go to school.
おさない
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 133,000 (about 744,000 results)
• 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 44 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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稚い
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Reading : いとけない   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 248,000 (about 14,200 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 19756
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ヨウ   おさな very young; childish, immature, infantile   
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
チ    immature   
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little bird
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grain
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