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篭む is an exact match with one form of the following word:
込む
BOOST
Reading : こむ   
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be crowded; to be packed
2. to be complex  (see also: 手の込んだ)
auxiliary verb
3. to go into; to put into; to remain (seated); to be plunged into (silence); to do thoroughly  (this meaning is restricted to form 込む)
4. to do intently  (this meaning is restricted to form 込む)
5. to continue in the same state  (this meaning is restricted to form 込む)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 149,613 which gives a rank of 1,079
込む is the most useful form. 4 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 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 27,000 (about 22,400,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1318 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 8143
• 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
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 46 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:
とうきょう
東京
んだ
でんしゃ
電車
れなければなりません

You have to accustom yourself to the crowded trains in Tokyo.
この
じかん
時間
どうろ
道路
とても
んでいる
から
The roads are very crowded at this time of the day.
かれ
あたら
しい
しそう
思想
おし
んだ

I impregnated his mind with new ideas.
混む
BOOST
Reading : こむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 84,000 (about 2,980,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 2790
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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こむ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 32,000 (about 18,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5524
• 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 46 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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籠む
BOOST
Reading : こむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 50,000 (about 9,240,000 results)
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篭む
BOOST
Reading : こむ   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 204,000 (about 231,000 results)
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crowded   こ to be crowded   こめる to load; to include   
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move
ニュウ   い to enter   はい to enter   いれる to put in   
コン   まぜる to mix   まざる    まじる to be mixed   こ to be crowded   
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コン    descendants   
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ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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さじ spoon   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
スイ   みず water   
ロウ   こもる to seclude oneself   かご basket   
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bamboo
リュウ   たつ dragon   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ロウ   こも to seclude oneself   かご basket   
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リュウ   たつ dragon   
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electricity
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second   おつ    
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