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なめる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
なめる
BOOST
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to lick
2. to taste
3. to experience (esp. a hardship)
4. to make fun of; to make light of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
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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 88,415 which gives a rank of 8,306
なめる is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 58,000 (about 6,550,000 results)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 3715
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
なめとんやないこら
Don't make fun of me ... !
そのジャムちょっとなめてみた
I had a lick at the jam.
わたし
きどうりょく
機動力
なめん
Don't make fun of my motivation!
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舐める
BOOST
Reading : なめる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 61,000 (about 5,960,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2357 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 19732
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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ナメる
BOOST
Reading : なめる   
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• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 80,000 (about 5,060,000 results)
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甞める
BOOST
Reading : なめる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 138,000 (about 670,000 results)
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嘗める
BOOST
Reading : なめる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 235,000 (about 53,300 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
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める to lick   
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シ    family; Mr / Mrs   うじ family name   
ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
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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ショウ    formerly   なめる to lick   
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シ   むね content; purport   
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さじ spoon   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ショウ   furthermore
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small
wide mouth
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wide
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