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くわえる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
くわえる
BOOST
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to hold in one's mouth  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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くわえる 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 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 65,000 (about 5,180,000 results)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 4730
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
かれ
パイプくわえて
はな
した

He spoke with a pipe in his mouth.
そしたらカチン
かた
ものくちさわったのであわててくわえたらこの
ふえ
だった
"Then my beak struck something hard with a clink, and when I hurriedly picked it up the object turned out to be this flute."
かれ
パイプくわえてそこ
すわ
っていた

He was sitting there with a pipe in his mouth.
咥える
BOOST
Reading : くわえる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 111,000 (about 1,380,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
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銜える
BOOST
Reading : くわえる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 228,000 (about 88,100 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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啣える
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Reading : くわえる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 251,000 (about 8,140 results)
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to chew   くわえる to hold in one's mouth   
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シ   いた to reach, to lead to   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ム   private
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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くつわ bridle   
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キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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step
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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