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保持 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
保持
BOOST
Reading : ほじ   
retention; maintenance; preservation
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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保持 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 almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 339,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3368
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 7 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:
あそこ
かいしゃ
会社
から
ぎじゅつ
技術
じょうほう
情報
もらうまず
きみつ
機密
ほじ
保持
けいやく
契約
むす
ばなければいけない

To get technical information from that company, we first have to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
コンピューター
つか
使
えば
じょうほう
情報
ほじ
保持
する
ことできる
If you use a computer, you can retain information.
にんげん
人間
こころ
むかし
から
かずかず
数々
たから
かく
っており
それ
ひそ
ほじ
保持
され
ちんもく
沈黙
うちに
ふう
まれている

The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed.
ほじ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 121,000 (about 1,030,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 7 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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ホ   たも to protect, safeguard   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ホウ   ボウ   amazed   あきれる to be amazed   ほうける    ほけ    ぼける to be befuddled or slow; to go senile   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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   
stick   
ジ   も to hold, to have   
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hand
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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