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単調 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
単調
BOOST
Reading : たんちょう   
1. monotony; monotone; dullness
2. monotone; monotonic  (mathematics)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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単調 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 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 41,000 (about 12,900,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5269 (see iKnow! 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 15 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:
ちい
さな
むら
せいかつ
生活
ひどく
たんちょう
単調
です
Life is very flat in a small village.
この
はなし
ちょっと
たんちょう
単調

This story is rather monotonous.
かれ
この
たんちょう
単調
かてい
家庭
せいかつ
生活
おもしろくなかった
He did not relish this simple family life.
たんちょう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 88,000 (about 2,620,000 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 15 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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タン    simple   
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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   
small
デン   た rice field   
調
チョウ   しらべる to investigate   ととの to be arranged, to be in order   ととのえる to adjust, tune   
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シュウ   まわ circumference   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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