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タバコを吸う is an exact match with one form of the following word:
タバコを吸う
BOOST
Reading : タバコをすう   
expression, 'u' godan verb
to smoke a cigarette
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 8 (among the 30,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 53,882 which gives a rank of 23,596
タバコを吸う is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 128,000 (about 858,000 results)
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
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Example sentences:
ほたるぞく
蛍族
ベランダ
たばこ
煙草
を吸っている

Smokers are smoking on the balcony.
たばこを吸う
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Reading : たばこをすう   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 121,000 (about 1,050,000 results)
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煙草を吸う
BOOST
Reading : たばこをすう   
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 128,000 (about 859,000 results)
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煙草をすう
BOOST
Reading : たばこをすう   
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 137,000 (about 686,000 results)
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キュウ   す to suck, inhale   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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キュウ   およ to amount to, reach   およぼす to exert   およ and, as well as   
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three
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
エン   けむり smoke   けむ to smoke (chimney etc.)   けむ smoky   
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west
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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eight
ソウ   くさ grass   
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ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はや early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
grass   
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