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弾く is an exact match with one form of the following word:
弾く
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Reading : ひく   
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
to play (piano, guitar)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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弾く 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 used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 50,000 (about 9,200,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1840 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 1425
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
ピアノ
じょうず
上手
ながねん
長年
れんしゅう
練習
ひつよう
必要

It takes years of practice to play the piano well.
わたし
あに
ギター
とても
じょうず
上手
です
My brother is very good at playing the guitar.
がくせい
学生
なか
ギター
きな
ものいる
Some of the students like to play the guitar.
ひく
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 53,000 (about 8,370,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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ダン   たま bullet   はず to bounce   ひ to play (an instrument)   
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タン    simple   
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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   
small
デン   た rice field   
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
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