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国 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
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Reading : くに   
noun
1. country; state
2. region
3. national government; central government
4. home (i.e. hometown, home country)
5. province (of Japan)  (see also: 国郡里制; archaic)
6. land; earth  (archaic)
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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 232,033 which gives a rank of 1
国 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 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 900 (about 1,040,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 174 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 78
• 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 1 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
わたし
あしたひこうき
くに
かえ
ります

I will return to my country by airplane tomorrow.
にほん
日本
なんぼく
南北
なが
くに
です
Japan is a very long country from north to south.
この
くに
もくてき
目的

What's your purpose in visiting this country?
くに
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 37,000 (about 14,900,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 6334
• 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 1 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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Reading : くに   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 267,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3140
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Reading : くに   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 234,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5661
コク   くに country   
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ギョク   たま jewel   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
box, enclosure   
コク   くに country   
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a certain   
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tasseled spear
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ホウ    home country, country, Japan   
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おおざと group, community, large village   
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