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座る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
座る
BOOST
Reading : すわる   
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sit; to squat
2. to assume (a position)
3. to hold steady; to hold still  (esp. 据わる, 据る)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 161,760 which gives a rank of 569
座る is the most useful form. 4 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 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 31,000 (about 19,400,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 153 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7526
• 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 25 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:
かのじょ
彼女
あし
んで
すわ
った

She sat down and crossed her legs.
ここ
すわ
ってもいい
です
May I sit here?
バス
ろうじん
老人
わたし
となり
すわ
った

An old man sat next to me on the bus.
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すわる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 135,000 (about 714,000 results)
• 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 25 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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坐る
BOOST
Reading : すわる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 199,000 (about 270,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 19928
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据わる
BOOST
Reading : すわる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 143,000 (about 613,000 results)
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据る
BOOST
Reading : すわる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 155,000 (about 519,000 results)
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ザ   すわ to sit   
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ザ   すわ to sit   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
广
stony cliff
える to put into position   すわる to sit   
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hand
キョ   い to exist, to be present   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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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   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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corpse
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