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住む is an exact match with one form of the following word:
住む
BOOST
Reading : すむ   
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide  (see also: 棲む)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
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住む is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 13,000 (about 52,500,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 61 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 1302
• 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 47 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
となり
んでいる

They live next door.
あなた
きょねん
去年
どこ
んでいました

Where did you live last year?
わたし
にほんじん
日本人
です
にほん
日本
んでいません

I'm Japanese, but I don't live in Japan.
すむ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 55,000 (about 7,910,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 10635
• 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 47 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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ジュウ   す to live, to dwell   すまう to live (concept)   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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