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大切 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
大切
BOOST
Readings : たいせつ    たいせち   
大切 can be read in 2 ways: たいせつ (80%), たいせち (20%).
1. important; necessary; indispensable
2. beloved; precious; dear; cherished; valuable
3. careful  (usu. adverb, as ~に)
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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 184,315 which gives a rank of 109
大切 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 almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 277,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 539 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 426
• 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 2 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:
たいせつ
大切
ことから
Now, this is really important.
あした
明日
たいせつ
大切

It'll be a big day.
ほん
こと
たいせつ
大切
です
To read books is important.
たいせつ
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 123,000 (about 964,000 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 2 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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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
セツ   サイ   き to cut   きれる to break, to snap   
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シチ   なな    なな    なの seven   
トウ   かたな sword   
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