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履く is an exact match with one form of the following word:
履く
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Reading : はく   
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear  (usu 履く or 穿く)
2. to affix a sword to one's hip  (usu. 佩く or 帯く)
3. to affix a bowstring to a bow
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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履く is the most useful form. 5 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 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 31,000 (about 19,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 509 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 11899
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
かれ
くつした
靴下
うらがえ
裏返
いていた

He had his socks on inside out.
わたし
その
くつ
つぶした
I've worn out the shoes.
その
しょうねん
少年
くつした
靴下
いた
まま

The boy went to bed with his socks on.
着く
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Reading : はく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 37,000 (about 15,200,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7604
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帯く
BOOST
Reading : はく   
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 36,000 (about 15,000,000 results)
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はく
BOOST
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 38,000 (about 14,500,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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穿く
BOOST
Reading : はく   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 103,000 (about 1,700,000 results)
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佩く
BOOST
Reading : はく   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 250,000 (about 11,600 results)
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リ   は to wear (shoes, trousers)   
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corpse
フク    return, be restored   
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step
make the man go all day
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
go
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
チャク   ジャク   つ to arrive   つける to attach   き to wear   きせる to make wear   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
タイ   belt   おび sash   おびる to wear, to carry   
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thirty   
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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   
cover; covered   
キン   turban; cloth
穿
セン   put on trousers   は to put on (trousers)   ほじ to dig up, to peck at   うが to drill   
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ガ   ゲ   きば tusk, tooth, fang   
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ウ    from   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
hook
ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
ornamental belt
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