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染まる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
染まる
BOOST
Reading : そまる   
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be dyed
2. to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained; to be steeped
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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 85,602 which gives a rank of 9,111
染まる is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 58,000 (about 6,970,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 17647
• 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 36 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:
かのじょ
彼女
ほお
うす
ももいろ
桃色
まっていた

Her cheeks were tinged with pink.
かれ
あく
まってしまった

He has taken on bad ways.
かれ
あく
まった
せいかつ
生活
おく
った

He led a life of vice.
そまる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 198,000 (about 274,000 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 36 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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セン   し stain   しみる to soak in   そめる to dye   そまる to be dyed   
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氿
nine lots of water
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ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
スイ   みず water   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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   
stick   
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