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若い is an exact match with one form of the following word:
若い
BOOST
Reading : わかい   
1. young; youthful
2. immature; green
3. low (number); small
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 149,638 which gives a rank of 1,196
若い is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 7,000 (about 112,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 58 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 1673
• 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 30 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:
この
ほん
わか
どくしゃ
読者
りかい
理解
できる
This book is within the capacity of young readers.
わたし
わか
かった
そして
わたし
きたかった

I was young, and I wanted to live.
わか
もど
ことできない
There is no returning to our younger days.
わかい
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 151,000 (about 549,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 19606
• 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 30 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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ジャク   ニャク   わか young   もしくは or   
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