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ならう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
倣う
BOOST
Reading : ならう   
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to imitate; to follow; to emulate  (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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倣う is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 197,000 (about 284,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N2
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4384 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 12596
• 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 38 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
ちちおや
父親
れい
ならっていった
He followed in his father's footsteps.
しかし
きょう
今日
おお
わかものたち
若者達
かのじょ
彼女
ならって
かつどう
活動
している

But today, a lot of young people are following her example.
ならう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 94,000 (about 2,240,000 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 38 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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慣らう
BOOST
Reading : ならう   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 186,000 (about 364,000 results)
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傚う
BOOST
Reading : ならう   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 237,000 (about 49,200 results)
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ホウ   なら to imitate   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ホウ   はな    はな to let go   はなれる to get free of   ほう to throw (away)   
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
ぼく strike   
カン   なれる to get used to   ならす to tame   
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カン   つらぬ to pierce   
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ボ   はは mother   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
heart
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