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生き延びる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
生き延びる
BOOST
Reading : いきのびる   
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to survive; to live long
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 11 (among the 150,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 21,204 which gives a rank of 144,876
生き延びる is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 94,000 (about 2,240,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 14054
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 47 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:
しぜん
自然
そうした
びる
ため
しゅだん
手段
あた
えている
である
Nature provides them with the means of survival.
かれ
ビジネス
せかい
世界
びよ
ふんとう
奮闘
している

They are struggling to survive in business.
すべ
もの
びる
ため
ほんのうてき
本能的
しょうどう
衝動
っている

All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.
生きのびる
BOOST
Reading : いきのびる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 217,000 (about 143,000 results)
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いきのびる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 184,000 (about 379,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 47 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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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
エン   のばす to prolong, lengthen   のびる to be delayed, postponed   のべる to postpone   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
long stride
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