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教える is an exact match with one form of the following word:
教える
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Reading : おしえる   
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to teach; to instruct
2. to tell; to inform
3. to preach
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 166,156 which gives a rank of 438
教える 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: 9,000 (about 81,600,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 78 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2490
• 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 38 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:
ジュース
おし
えてください

Please tell me your favorite juice.
ほん
める
ばしょ
場所
おし
えてください

Please show me a place where I can read a book.
せんせい
先生
なん
った
おし
えて

Tell me what the teacher said.
おしえる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 76,000 (about 3,830,000 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 38 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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訓える
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Reading : おしえる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 188,000 (about 355,000 results)
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キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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コウ    filial piety   
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old
シ   ス   こ child   
ぼく strike   
クン    teaching, precept; Japanese reading of a kanji   
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セン   かわ river   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
stick   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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