Components
ほほえむ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
微笑む
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Reading : ほほえむ   
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to smile
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 77,098 which gives a rank of 9,659
微笑む is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 78,000 (about 3,590,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 4059
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
ほほえ
微笑
みつづけなさい

Keep on smiling.
その
ふたり
2人
わか
おんな
しあわ
せそう
ほほえ
微笑
んだ

The two young girls smiled happily.
かな
しそう
ほほえ
微笑
ながら
かのじょ
彼女
はな
しはじめた

Smiling sadly, she began to talk.
ほほ笑む
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Reading : ほほえむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 206,000 (about 214,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4510 (see iKnow! collections)
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ほほえむ
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 179,000 (about 403,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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頬笑む
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Reading : ほほえむ   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 23,000 (about 27,400,000 results)
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ビ   minute, slight
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step
one pair of legs
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
legs
ぼく strike   
サン   やま mountain   
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ショウ   わら to laugh   え to smile   
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bamboo
calamity   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ほお cheek   
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between
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eight
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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