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知る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
知る
BOOST
Reading : しる   
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise
2. to notice; to feel
3. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp
4. to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure)
5. to experience; to go through; to learn
6. to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know
7. to concern
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 182,793 which gives a rank of 43
知る 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 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 6,000 (about 141,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 19 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 240
• 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 2 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:
くるま
うんてん
運転
しかた
仕方
っている

Do you know how to drive a car?
そのホテル
っています

Do you know that hotel?
わたし
だれ
っています

Do you know who I am?
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しる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 24,000 (about 26,400,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 13131
• 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 2 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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識る
BOOST
Reading : しる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 139,000 (about 656,000 results)
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チ   し to know   
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シ   や arrow   
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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   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シキ    knowledge, discrimination   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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potter's clay   
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tasseled spear
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
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