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返事 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
返事
BOOST
Reading : へんじ   
reply; answer; response
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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 153,987 which gives a rank of 951
返事 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: 11,000 (about 61,700,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 788 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 18047
• 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 8 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
てがみ
手紙
へんじ
返事
かなきゃいけない

You have to reply to the letter.
わたし
てがみ
手紙
へんじ
返事
なかった

I've got no answer to my letter.
かんが
えて
へんじ
返事
します

I'll think about it and get back to you.
へんじ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 148,000 (about 566,000 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 8 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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返辞
BOOST
Reading : へんじ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 249,000 (about 13,100 results)
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ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そ to be warped, curved   
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また again   
cliff
move
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
ジ   やめる quit   
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シン   から spicy   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
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
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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