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荒廃 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
荒廃
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Reading : こうはい   
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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荒廃 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 used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 89,000 (about 2,520,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 11149
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 17 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:
こうはい
荒廃
あと
かれ
せんそう
戦争
いみ
意味
じゅうぶん
十分
りかい
理解
した

The sight of the ruins brought home to him the meaning of war.
その
くに
せんそう
戦争
こうはい
荒廃
してしまった

The country was wasted by war.
せんそう
戦争
その
くに
こうはい
荒廃
した

The war wasted the country.
こうはい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 116,000 (about 1,210,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 17 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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コウ   あら violent, rough   あれる to be rough, stormy   あらす to lay waste   
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grass   
ボウ   モウ   dead   な to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
lid
セン   かわ river   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
stick   
ハイ   fall into disuse   すたれる to fall into disuse, become obsolete   すた to be disgraced   
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ハツ   ホツ    emission, discharge   
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hairy legs
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
legs
广
stony cliff
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