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話す is an exact match with one form of the following word:
話す
BOOST
Reading : はなす   
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
3. to speak (a language)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 180,892 which gives a rank of 51
話す is the most useful form. 2 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 almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 14,000 (about 47,900,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 199 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2125
• 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 21 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:
はな
してもいい
です
May I speak to you?
えいご
英語
はな
こととても
たの
しい
ことです
Speaking English is a lot of fun.
えいご
英語
はな
ことやさしくありません
Speaking English is not easy.
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はなす
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• 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
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 21 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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咄す
BOOST
Reading : はなす   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 201,000 (about 252,000 results)
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ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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トツ    god forbid   
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
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