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挨拶 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
挨拶
BOOST
Reading : あいさつ   
1. greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from somebody
2. polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc.
3. speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address
4. reply; response
5. revenge; retaliation  (slang)
expression
6. a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark)  (see also: 御挨拶)
7. dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)  (see also: 一挨一拶; orig. meaning)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 122,916 which gives a rank of 2,667
挨拶 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 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 5,000 (about 190,000,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1048 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 6412
• 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 24 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
あいさつ
挨拶
れいぎ
礼儀
さほう
作法
こんぽん
根本
である
Greetings are the basis of good manners.
その
じょゆう
女優
ぶたい
舞台
からファン
あいさつ
挨拶
した

The actress greeted her fans from the stage.
かれ
ぼうし
帽子
ちょっと
げて
あいさつ
挨拶
した

They saluted each other by raising their hats.
あいさつ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 11,000 (about 61,200,000 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 24 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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アイ    to push open   
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private arrow
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ム   private
シ   や arrow   
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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   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
hand
サツ    to be imminent   
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wavy river   
セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
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