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薫る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
香る
BOOST
Reading : かおる   
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
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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 88,481 which gives a rank of 8,290
香る is the most useful form. 3 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 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 37,000 (about 14,700,000 results)
• 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 33 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:
にわ
ばら
薔薇
はな
かお
っている

The garden is fragrant with the smell of roses.
薫る
BOOST
Reading : かおる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 73,000 (about 4,190,000 results)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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かおる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 46,000 (about 10,800,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 8526
• 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 33 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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馨る
BOOST
Reading : かおる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 225,000 (about 102,000 results)
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コウ   キョウ   かお fragrance   かお to be fragrant   か scent, odour   
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grain
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
クン   fragrant   かお to be fragrant   
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ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
grass   
fire
かおり fragrance   
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セイ   ショウ   こえ voice   こわ- voice   
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シ   samurai
stick   
corpse
lance shaft   
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キ    table   
また again   
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