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工夫 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
工夫
BOOST
Reading : くふう   
1. scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously
2. dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
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Usefulness and usage:
• Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 134,150 which gives a rank of 2,420
工夫 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: 11,000 (about 65,500,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N2
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3178 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 1698
• 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 5 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:
これは
わたし
私
が
くふう
工夫
した
けいかく
計画
です。
This is a plan of my own devising.
トラックもなかった
じだい
時代
、
ひとびと
人々
はさまざまな
くふう
工夫
をこらして、
おお
大
きな
いし
石
を
はこ
運
んだ
。
In an age where there were no motor-powered vehicles, people used various devices and methods to transport large stones.
ファイルへの
ちょく
直
リンだけはやめた
ほう
方
がいいです。URLの
さいしょ
最初
だけ
ぜんかく
全角
httpにするとか、ちょっと
くふう
工夫
しよ
う。
It's a good idea to stop using direct-links to files. Use a trick like starting the URL with double-width h t t p or something.
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くふう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 100,000 (about 1,870,000 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 5 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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功夫
BOOST
Reading : くふう   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 23,000 (about 38,300,000 results)
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工
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
夫
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
功
ク   コウ    achievement   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
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