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茂る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
茂る
BOOST
Reading : しげる   
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 87,672 which gives a rank of 7,835
茂る is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 127,000 (about 884,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• 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 41 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
おか
ひく
たくさん
しげ
っている

Lots of low trees grow on the hill.
こうえん
公園
じゅもく
樹木
よく
しげ
っている

The park is well wooded.
こんもり
しげ
った
きぎ
木々
とお
して
にっこう
日光
んだ

The sunshine penetrated the thick leaves of the trees.
しげる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 124,000 (about 859,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9383
• 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 41 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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滋る
BOOST
Reading : しげる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 165,000 (about 463,000 results)
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繁る
BOOST
Reading : しげる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 222,000 (about 116,000 results)
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モ    overgrown   しげ to grow thickly   
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number 5, 5th   
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tasseled spear
grass   
ジ    luxuriant   
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excess
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
grass   
スイ   みず water   
ハン    luxuriant, thickly growing   
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ビン    cleverness   
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マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ボ   はは mother   
ぼく strike   
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