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文通 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
文通
BOOST
Reading : ぶんつう   
correspondence; exchange of letters
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 75,529 which gives a rank of 10,124
文通 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 99,000 (about 1,910,000 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 25 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:
かのじょ
彼女
オーストラリアペンパル
ていきてき
定期的
ぶんつう
文通
している

She corresponds regularly with her pen pal in Australia.
べいこく
米国
ペンフレンド
ぶんつう
文通
はじ
めて
ねん
なる
I have been corresponding with a pen pal in the USA for a year.
わたし
ときおり
時折
ぶんつう
文通
する
ゆうじん
友人
いる
I have a friend to correspond with from time to time.
ぶんつう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 185,000 (about 369,000 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 25 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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ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
ツ   ツウ   とお to pass through   とお to let pass   かよ to commute   
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use your ma
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
katakana 'ma'
move
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