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控える is an exact match with one form of the following word:
控える
BOOST
Reading : ひかえる   
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to be temperate in; to refrain; to abstain; to hold back; to restrain oneself from excessive ...
2. to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
3. to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
4. to be soon; to be in the offing
ichidan verb, transitive verb
5. to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 88,630 which gives a rank of 6,917
控える 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 almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 58,000 (about 7,070,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4921 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 8237
• 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 6 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:
コロナ
かんせんしょう
感染症
かちゅう
渦中
では
じゆうざんまい
自由三昧
ごす
ひか
えよう

During the COVID pandemic, let’s refrain from doing whatever we want.
いしゃ
医者
ひか
える
ように
われている
ので
さけ
めなくて
ウズウズしている
My doctor told me to lay off the liquor so I have this uneasy impatient feeling.
どうか
ひか
ください
Please refrain from buying up all the goods.
ひかえる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 218,000 (about 136,000 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 6 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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扣える
BOOST
Reading : ひかえる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 237,000 (about 45,700 results)
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コウ   ひかえる to restrain oneself, to refrain; to be withdrawn   
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クウ   から empty   あ to be empty   あける to empty, vacate   そら sky   
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コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
hand
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