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見つめる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
見つめる
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Reading : みつめる   
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 124,598 which gives a rank of 2,459
見つめる 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 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 48,000 (about 10,100,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4584 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 13098
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 12 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:
かれ
わたし
つめている
かった

I saw him looking at me.
ジョンその
じっと
つめた

John stared at the picture.
かのじょ
彼女
しょうじょ
少女
うつく
しい
ゆびわ
指輪
じっと
つめていた

She was eyeing the girl's beautiful ring.
みつめる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 140,000 (about 647,000 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 12 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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見詰める
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Reading : みつめる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 211,000 (about 178,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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凝める
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Reading : みつめる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 172,000 (about 434,000 results)
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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
キツ   つめる to cram into   つまる to be packed   つ to be checkmated   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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キツ   キチ    good luck   
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シ   samurai
ギョウ    congeal   こらす to concentrate (on), to strain   こ to get stiff; be absorbed in   
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ギ   うたが to doubt   
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さじ spoon   
シ   や arrow   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
katakana 'ma'
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
ice   
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