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着る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
着る
BOOST
Reading : きる   
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on
2. to bear (guilt, etc.)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 170,387 which gives a rank of 163
着る is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 16,000 (about 43,100,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 133 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2988
• 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 13 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:
アキナ
なに
ています

What does Akina have on?
ふく
ました

Have you finished dressing?
ヒロミ
あたら
しい
ようふく
洋服
ている

Hiromi wears a new dress.
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きる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 32,000 (about 18,600,000 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 13 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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著る
BOOST
Reading : きる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 28,000 (about 22,200,000 results)
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チャク   ジャク   つ to arrive   つける to attach   き to wear   きせる to make wear   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
チョ   あらわ to publish, write   いちじるしい remarkable   
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シャ   もの person, someone   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
old
grass   
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