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刈る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
刈る
BOOST
Reading : かる   
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to cut (hair); to mow (grass); to harvest; to clip; to shear; to reap; to trim; to prune
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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 91,014 which gives a rank of 6,509
刈る 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 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 120,000 (about 1,080,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• 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 18 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:
わたし
とこや
床屋
さん
かみ
ってもらいました

I had my hair cut at the barber's.
ある
あつ
なつ
ごご
午後
ジョンダンヌ
なが
なった
ぼくそう
牧草
っていました

One hot summer afternoon, John and Dan were cutting the long grass.
られた
くさ
にお
あつ
なつ
ごご
午後
イメージ
おも
かばせる

The smell of cut grass summons up images of hot summer afternoons.
かる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 119,000 (about 990,000 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 18 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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苅る
BOOST
Reading : かる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 190,000 (about 341,000 results)
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to reap; to cut   
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crossed swords
トウ   かたな sword   
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