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かじる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
かじる
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to chew; to bite (at); to gnaw; to nibble; to munch; to crunch; to have a smattering of  (often written with kana only)
2. to dabble in (e.g. hobby, instrument)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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かじる is the most useful form. 3 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 used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 114,000 (about 1,270,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2149 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
ネズミパンかじった
The mice ate some of the bread.
フランス
すこ
かじりました
I picked up some French.
これ
いじょう
以上
ねえ
さん
すねかじりやめたまえ
Don't live off your sister any more.
噛る
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Reading : かじる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 183,000 (about 379,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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齧る
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Reading : かじる   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 200,000 (about 257,000 results)
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囓る
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Reading : かじる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 234,000 (about 59,400 results)
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to bite   かじる to chew; to dabble   
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シ   は tooth   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
open box
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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かじ to chew   
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the master with the sword
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
トウ   かたな sword   
シ   は tooth   
かじ to chew   
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