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まさる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
勝る
BOOST
Reading : まさる   
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to have an edge; to be superior; to outrival
2. to outweigh; to preponderate
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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 101,456 which gives a rank of 4,821
勝る is the most useful form. 2 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 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 65,000 (about 5,400,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 19602
• 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 3 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:
かのじょ
彼女
えいご
英語
はな
とくい
得意
あに
まさ
おと
らぬ
くらい
She is good at speaking English, no less so than her brother.
かのじょ
彼女
あに
まさ
おと
らぬ
くらい
えいご
英語
じょうず
上手

She is good at speaking English, no less so than her brother.
ぼんさい
凡才
しゅうだん
集団
ここう
孤高
てんさい
天才
まさ
グループジーニアス
ものすごいアイデア title of book, album etc.
A Mediocre Group Is Superior to a Solitary Genius: “Group Genius” Brings Out Incredible Ideas
まさる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 88,000 (about 2,620,000 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 3 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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優る
BOOST
Reading : まさる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 187,000 (about 359,000 results)
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ショウ   か to win   まさ to be better than   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
チン    royal 'we', emperor's pronoun   
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ニク body part   
relation
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eight
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ユウ   すぐれる to excel   やさしい kind   
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ユウ   うれえる to grieve, to be distressed   うれ sorrow   う unhappy   
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シン   こころ heart   
カ   ゲ   なつ summer   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
go
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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