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おる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
おる
BOOST
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (animate); to be; to exist  (often written with kana only; humble)
'ru' godan verb, auxiliary verb
2. verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing)  (after the -te form of a verb)
3. indicates contempt or disdain for another's actions  (see also: やがる; after -masu base of verb)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 136,651 which gives a rank of 1,619
おる 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 almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 24,000 (about 26,900,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2963 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 684
• 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 19 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:
ごご
午後
やま
おりました
In the afternoon they walked back down the mountain.
ひめ
じて
よこ
たわって
おられた
The princess lay with her eyes closed.
この
かた
もとから
おられ
From the beginning he was in the world.
居る
BOOST
Reading : おる   
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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 N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• 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 19 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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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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