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萎縮 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
萎縮
BOOST
Reading : いしゅく   
withering; atrophy; contraction; dwarf
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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萎縮 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 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 52,000 (about 8,620,000 results)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
しも
はな
いしゅく
萎縮
する

Flowers wither when exposed to frost.
つか
使
われない
きんにく
筋肉
いしゅく
萎縮
する

Unused muscles will atrophy.
わたし
かのじょ
彼女
まえ
では
いしゅく
萎縮
してしまう

I shrink in her presence.
委縮
BOOST
Reading : いしゅく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 156,000 (about 513,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 18 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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イ   なえる to lose strength, to become weak, to wither   
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grass   
イ   ゆだねる to entrust, to abandon oneself to   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
grain
シュク   ちぢ to shrink, be diminished   ちぢまる to be shortened   ちぢめる to abridge   ちぢらす to crinkle, crimp   ちぢれる to be frizzled, curly   
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宿
シュク   inn   やど an inn   やど to lodge   やど to give lodgings   
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one hundred men
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ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
roof   
シ   いと thread   
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