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可愛い is an exact match with one form of the following word:
かわいい
BOOST
1. cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty  (often written with kana only)
2. dear; precious; darling; pet  (often written with kana only)
3. cute little; tiny  (often written with kana only)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 179,000 which gives a rank of 233
かわいい is the most useful form. 4 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 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 597,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 12005
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• 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 32 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:
これかわいい
This is cute.
ベティかわいい
おんな

Betty is a pretty girl, isn't she?
ななこ
七子
ちゃんほんとうかわいいです
Nanako is really cute, isn't she?
可愛い
BOOST
Readings : かわいい    かわゆい   
可愛い can be read in 2 ways: かわいい (almost always used), かわゆい (rare).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 409,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 481 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7513
• 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 32 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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カワイイ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 10,000 (about 74,200,000 results)
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カワイい
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 111,000 (about 1,380,000 results)
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可愛ゆい
BOOST
Reading : かわゆい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 199,000 (about 264,000 results)
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カ    good, possible, approval   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
hook
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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アイ    love   
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go
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cover; covered   
シン   こころ heart   
つめ claw; fingernail   
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