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誘う is an exact match with one form of the following word:
誘う
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Readings : さそう    いざなう   
誘う can be read in 2 ways: さそう (90%), いざなう (10%).
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to invite; to ask; to call (for)  (いざなう is arch)
2. to tempt; to lure; to induce
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 161,158 which gives a rank of 496
誘う is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 32,000 (about 18,200,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1704 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5538
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• 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 10 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:
な~んて
たん
がいしょく
外食
さそ
われた
だけです
Kidding! I was simply invited to go out to dinner.
かれ
ぼく
トランプ
さそ
った

They invited me to play cards.
かれ
さそ
わなくちゃ
だめ
You should definitely ask him out.
さそう
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 11,000 (about 63,400,000 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 10 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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ユウ   さそ to invite   
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シュウ    excellent   ひいでる to surpass   
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ノ    whereupon; from (kana); splitting away from   
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three
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
grain
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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