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すえる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
据える
BOOST
Reading : すえる   
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to place (in position); to fix; to set (e.g. table); to lay (foundation)
2. to install; to seat (someone)  (see also: 上座に据える)
3. to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
4. to apply (moxa)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 96,534 which gives a rank of 5,500
据える 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 used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 115,000 (about 1,240,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9781
• 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:
かれ
こし
えて
しごと
仕事
かった

He settled down to his work.
ちゅうおう
中央
には
つくえ
えられていて
あか
かわば
革張
かいてんいす
回転椅子
えてあった

In the center stood a desk with a red leather swivel chair.
かれ
どきょう
度胸
えて
がいじん
外人
はな
けた

He mustered up his courage to talk to a foreigner.
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すえる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 196,000 (about 287,000 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 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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える to put into position   すわる to sit   
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hand
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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