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変 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
BOOST
Reading : へん   
1. strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy
2. unexpected
3. change
4. incident; disturbance; disaster; accident
noun (prefix)
5. flat  (see also: 変ロ短調; music term)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 185,809 which gives a rank of 197
変 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 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 6,000 (about 130,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1428 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3479
• 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 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:
へん
かん
します
I feel strange about it.
かのじょ
彼女
きょうふ
恐怖
へん
なった
She went crazy with fear.
へん
です
That's strange.
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へん
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 13,000 (about 52,600,000 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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BOOST
Reading : へん   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 216,000,000 results)
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ヘン   unusual   かえる to alter, change   かわる to change   
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また again; also   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
セキ   シャク   あか    あか red   あからむ to turn red   あからめる to blush   
ヘン   unusual   かえる to alter, change   かわる to change   
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