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馬鹿 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
バカ
BOOST
noun
1. idiot; moron; fool  (often written with kana only)
2. trivial matter; folly; absurdity  (often written with kana only)
3. stupid; foolish; dull; absurd; ridiculous  (often written with kana only)
4. fervent enthusiast; nut; person singularly obsessed with something  (usu. in compounds; often written with kana only)
noun
5. Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)  (see also: 馬鹿貝; abbreviation; often written with kana only)
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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 171,145 which gives a rank of 410
バカ is the most useful form. 5 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: 7,000 (about 108,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4350
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Example sentences:
バカうつる
ちか
づく

Stay away from me, I'll catch the stupid.
ひと
バカにするいい
かげん
加減
にしろ

Cut it out! Stop making fun of me!
そんな
ことば
言葉
づかいで
おおはじ
大恥
をかく
じょうしき
常識
らず
バカにされないために title of book, album etc.
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ばか
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 36,000 (about 15,700,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1390 (see iKnow! collections)
• 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 45 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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馬鹿
BOOST
Reading : ばか   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 11,000 (about 64,200,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 10754
• 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 45 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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破家
BOOST
Reading : ばか   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 60,000 (about 6,520,000 results)
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馬稼
BOOST
Reading : ばか   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 179,000 (about 400,000 results)
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莫迦
BOOST
Reading : ばか   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 185,000 (about 371,000 results)
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バ   うま horse   ま horse   
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little bird
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fire
鹿
しか deer   か    
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ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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さじ spoon   
west
广
stony cliff
ハ   やぶ to tear, break   やぶれる to get torn, broken   
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セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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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   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
カ   かせ to work, earn a living   
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grain
バク   ボ   マク   モ    must not   
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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   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
grass   
カ   (no meaning)
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move
カ   くわえる to add to   くわわる to join, to be added to   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
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