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でこぼこ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
凸凹
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Readings : でこぼこ    とつおう    だくぼく   
凸凹 can be read in 3 ways: でこぼこ (80%), だくぼく (10%, out-dated or obsolete kana usage), とつおう (10%).
noun, 'no' adjective, 'na' adjective, 'suru' verb, intransitive verb
1. unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; bumpiness
2. inequality; imbalance; unevenness; difference  (this meaning is restricted to reading でこぼこ)
In modern Japanese people almost exclusively use でこぼこ for this term. The other two yomi are encountered in classical Japanese, and when 凸凹 is part of a compound term (eg 凸凹紙).
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 85,451 which gives a rank of 9,160
凸凹 is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 37,000 (about 15,100,000 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
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 44 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:
かっかざん
活火山
かつだんそう
活断層
あかいろ
赤色
りったい
立体
ちず
地図
みる
にほん
日本
でこぼこ
凸凹
title of book, album etc.
Active Volcanoes and Active Faults: Three-Dimensional Red Relief Image Maps of Japan’s Topography
じんせい
人生
でこぼこ
凸凹
だからおもしろい
ぎゃっきょう
逆境
える
ため
ぜん
さほう
作法
title of book, album etc.
Life Has Ups and Downs, So It's Interesting: How to Adopt a Zen Attitude to Overcome Adversity
とうぜん
当然
あんてい
安定
した
せいかつ
生活
するために
しゅうにゅう
収入
でこぼこ
凸凹
できるだけ
たい
らにする
ひつよう
必要
あります
Naturally, I need to flatten out the unevenness of my income as much as possible for a stable life.
でこぼこ
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 100,000 (about 1,850,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2603 (see iKnow! collections)
• 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 44 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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デコボコ
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Reading : でこぼこ   
In modern Japanese people almost exclusively use でこぼこ for this term. The other two yomi are encountered in classical Japanese, and when 凸凹 is part of a compound term (eg 凸凹紙).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 79,000 (about 5,250,000 results)
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トツ    convex   
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オウ    concave   
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