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見る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
見る
BOOST
Reading : みる   
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
2. to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge  (see also: 診る)
3. to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of  (see also: 看る; often written with kana only)
4. to view (e.g. flowers, movie)  (usu. 観る)
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
5. to try; to try out; to test  (usu. after a conative verb as 〜てみる; often written with kana only)
6. to see that...; to find that...  (usu. after an aconative verb as 〜てみると, 〜てみれば, 〜てみたら, etc.; often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 174,247 which gives a rank of 345
見る 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 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 600 (about 1,580,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 193
• 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 14 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:
ようす
様子
ましょう

Let's see how it goes.
もう
すこ
ようす
様子
ます

I'll give it a little time and see how I'm feeling.
にほん
日本
なつ
ほしいもの
Things to See in Japan During Summer
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みる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 1,000 (about 899,000,000 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 14 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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観る
BOOST
Reading : みる   
This form is included in the Wiktionary JLPT N5 list, but the kanji is not an N5 kanji, so we have removed the reference.
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 21,000 (about 30,800,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9649
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視る
BOOST
Reading : みる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 41,000 (about 12,700,000 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
カン    outlook   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
little bird
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シ    seeing   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
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