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回す is an exact match with one form of the following word:
回す
BOOST
Reading : まわす   
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to turn; to rotate; to gyrate
2. to circulate; to send around
3. to surround
4. to put something to a new use (e.g. leftovers)
5. ... around (e.g. to chase someone around)  (after the -masu stem of a verb)
6. to dial (e.g. telephone number)
7. to invest
8. to gang-rape  (see also: 輪姦す)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 141,895 which gives a rank of 1,245
回す 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 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 29,000 (about 20,600,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1160 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7630
• 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:
かれ
ドア
ひだりて
左手
まわ
した

He turned the doorknob with his left hand.
とけい
時計
はり
ぎゃく
まわ
して
はいけない
Don't turn the hands of a clock the other way around.
しお
まわ
してくれません

Would you pass me the salt?
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まわす
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 63,000 (about 5,830,000 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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廻す
BOOST
Reading : まわす   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 141,000 (about 635,000 results)
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カイ   エ   まわ to revolve   まわ to make turn   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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box, enclosure   
まわ to revolve   
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long stride
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