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携帯 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
携帯
BOOST
Reading : けいたい   
1. something carried (in the hand); handheld; portable
noun
2. mobile telephone; cell phone  (see also: 携帯電話; abbreviation; colloquialism; often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 143,873 which gives a rank of 1,515
携帯 is the most useful form. 3 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 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 550,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 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 6 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:
イギリス
けいかん
警官
じゅう
けいたい
携帯
しない
くに
です
England is a land where the policemen carry no revolvers.
しまったウッカリして
けいたい
携帯
でんわ
電話
みせ
わす
れてきちゃった

Oh no! I wasn't paying attention and left my cell phone in the restaurant!
けいたい
携帯
でんわ
電話
ほしいです
しはら
支払
じゅうぶん
十分
かね
ありません
I want a cellular phone, but I don't have enough money to pay for one.
けいたい
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 75,000 (about 3,890,000 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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ケータイ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 7,000 (about 107,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 8088
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ケイタイ
BOOST
Reading : けいたい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 82,000 (about 3,110,000 results)
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ケイ   たずさえる to carry in one's hands   たずさわる to engage in   
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ノ    whereupon; from (kana); splitting away from   
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three
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
little bird
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hand
タイ   belt   おび sash   おびる to wear, to carry   
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thirty   
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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   
cover; covered   
キン   turban; cloth
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