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こうそく is an exact match with one form of the following word:
高速
BOOST
Reading : こうそく   
1. high speed; high gear
2. highway; freeway; expressway; motorway  (see also: 高速道路; abbreviation)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 138,073 which gives a rank of 1,495
高速 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: 2,000 (about 395,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N3
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3059 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 619
• 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 6 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:
わたし
あたら
しい
こうそく
高速
どうろ
道路
ドライブして
たの
しかった

I enjoyed driving on the new highway.
あたら
しい
こうそく
高速
どうろ
道路
ドライブ
たの
しんだ

We enjoyed driving along the new expressway.
かれ
こうそく
高速
どうろ
道路
とお
って
やってきた
He came by the freeway.
こうそく
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 136,000 (about 698,000 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 6 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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コウ   expensive; high   たか    たか expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
ソク   はや fast   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   すみやか speedy   
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ソク   たば bundle   たばねる to tie in a bundle   
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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   
move
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