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歩く is an exact match with one form of the following word:
歩く
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Reading : あるく   
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to walk
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
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歩く is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 11,000 (about 61,200,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 79 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3284
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
えき
ある
いて
きました

Did you walk to the station?
かのじょ
彼女
ある
きながら
うた
った

She sang as she walked.
ほどう
歩道
ある
きなさい

Walk on the pavement.
あるく
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 66,000 (about 5,220,000 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
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ホ   フ   ブ   ある    あゆ to walk   
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
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