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ぜんせん is an exact match with one form of the following word:
前線
BOOST
Reading : ぜんせん   
noun
1. (weather) front
2. front line; forward area; action zone  (military)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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前線 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: 13,000 (about 50,900,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 6604
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 8 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:
にっぽんれっとう
日本列島
ホタル
ぜんせん
前線
たび
title of book, album etc.
A Trip to (See) the Firefly Front on the Japanese Islands
わたし
あえて
ぬる
つもり
こっきょう
国境
ちか
ぜんせん
前線
しがん
志願
てんしゅつ
転出
しました

With something of a death wish I requested a transfer to the front near the border.
かれ
へいし
兵士
として
ぜんせん
前線
った

As soldiers they went to the front.
ぜんせん
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 176,000 (about 414,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 8 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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ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
セン   line
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シ   いと thread   
セン   いずみ spring   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
スイ   みず water   
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