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頼む is an exact match with one form of the following word:
頼む
BOOST
Reading : たのむ   
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to request; to beg; to ask
2. to call; to order; to reserve
3. to entrust to
4. to rely on  (esp. 恃む)
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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 195,138 which gives a rank of 112
頼む 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: 24,000 (about 26,200,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 834 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5830
• 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 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:
わたし
ってってくれ
って
たの
んだ

She asked me to bring them.
たの
から
ほんとう
本当
こといってくれ
For God's sake tell me the truth.
わたし
ゆうじん
友人
たの
んで
たす
けてもらった

I got my friends to help me.
たのむ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 83,000 (about 3,060,000 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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憑む
BOOST
Reading : たのむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 174,000 (about 425,000 results)
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恃む
BOOST
Reading : たのむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 228,000 (about 87,400 results)
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ライ   たよ to rely (on)   たのもしい reliable   たの to ask(for), entrust   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ソク   たば bundle   たばねる to tie in a bundle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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   
stick   
ヒョウ   つ to possess   つかれる to be possessed   
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ice   
バ   うま horse   ま horse   
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little bird
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fire
シン   こころ heart   
ジ   たの rely on   
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heart
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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