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焚く is an exact match with one form of the following word:
焚く
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Reading : たく   
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to burn; to kindle; to build a fire  (see also: 薫く:たく)
2. to heat (a bath, stove, etc.)
3. to use (a camera flash)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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焚く is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 143,000 (about 616,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
ハワイって
だんろ
暖炉
つき
いえ
おお
じゃないあっち
あさゆう
朝夕
える
から
さむ
がり
ひと
だんろ
暖炉

Hawai, y'know, has a lot of houses with fireplaces doesn't it? The mornings and evenings over there get cold as well so people who feel the cold light fires.
とても
さむ
かった
ので
たいた
It was so cold that we made a fire.
わたし
たち
ずっとたいておいた
We kept the fire burning.
たく
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 164,000 (about 463,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4562 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 2736
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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   や to burn, to kindle   
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カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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eight
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
リン   wood; trees   はやし wood   
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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   
stick   
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