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褒める is an exact match with one form of the following word:
褒める
BOOST
Reading : ほめる   
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to praise; to admire; to speak well of someone
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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褒める is the most useful form. 4 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: 68,000 (about 4,860,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1717 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 16353
• 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 39 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:
きみ
いくら
めて
れない

I cannot praise you enough.
ひと
められて
わる
しない
No one feels displeased when he is praised.
かのじょ
彼女
その
ばん
とてもきれい
えた
じぶん
自分
むすめ
めた

She admired her daughter, who looked lovely that evening.
ほめる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 96,000 (about 2,080,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 2281
• 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 39 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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称める
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Reading : ほめる   
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 99,000 (about 1,890,000 results)
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誉める
BOOST
Reading : ほめる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 142,000 (about 626,000 results)
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賞める
BOOST
Reading : ほめる   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 141,000 (about 599,000 results)
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ホウ   ほめる to praise   
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ホ   たも to protect, safeguard   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ホウ   ボウ   amazed   あきれる to be amazed   ほうける    ほけ    ぼける to be befuddled or slow; to go senile   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
イ   ころも clothes   
ショウ    title, name   
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small man
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
grain
ヨ   ほま glory, honour   
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thrive, prosper   
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small
table
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ショウ    prize   
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イン    employee   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
classroom
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small
cover; covered   
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