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見すぼらしい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
みすぼらしい
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shabby; seedy  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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みすぼらしい is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 118,000 (about 1,140,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
ひじょう
非常
みすぼらしく
える

He looks very down-at-the-heels.
かれ
みすぼらしい
ちい
さな
いえ
んでいる

They live in a wretched little house.
そのみすぼらしいアパート
よう
The shabby flat is vacant.
見すぼらしい
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Reading : みすぼらしい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 154,000 (about 526,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
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見窄らしい
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Reading : みすぼらしい   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 222,000 (about 114,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
サク   せま narrow   すぼ to get narrower   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
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