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ささやく is an exact match with one form of the following word:
ささやく
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to whisper; to murmur  (often written with kana only)
2. to rumor; to rumour  (usu. in the passive voice; 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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ささやく is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 107,000 (about 1,520,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4292 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 17089
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
だま
って
かれ
ささやいた
"Shut up," he whispered.
かのじょ
彼女
あなた
なに
ささやいた
What did she whisper to you?
かれ
こっそりささやいた
He whispered slyly to me.
囁く
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Reading : ささやく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 87,000 (about 2,730,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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私語く
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Reading : ささやく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 209,000 (about 195,000 results)
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ささや to whisper   
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ジ   みみ ear   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ゴ   かた to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
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