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むくいる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
報いる
BOOST
Reading : むくいる   
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to reward; to recompense; to repay  (see also: 報う)
2. to retaliate; to get revenge  (see also: 一矢を報いる)
3. to reciprocate (feelings)
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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 84,107 which gives a rank of 9,554
報いる is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 56,000 (about 7,500,000 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 31 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
けっきょく
結局
せいじつ
誠実
むく
いられる

Honesty will pay in the long run.
かのじょ
彼女
かれ
おも
きも
気持
むく
いられた

Her feeling for him was reciprocated.
さおり
たい
する
かれ
あいじょう
愛情
むく
いられなかった

His affection for Saori was not reciprocated.
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むくいる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 62,000 (about 6,070,000 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 31 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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酬いる
BOOST
Reading : むくいる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 179,000 (about 402,000 results)
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ホウ    report   むくいる to compensate, remunerate   むく reward, recompense   
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コウ   さち    しあわ    さいわ happiness   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
sealed up again
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seal
また again   
シュウ    reward, repayment   
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sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
シュウ    state, province, county   す sandbank   
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セン   かわ river   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
stick   
dot   
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