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大学 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
大学
BOOST
Reading : だいがく   
noun
1. post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.  (see also: 総合大学)
2. former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators)  (see also: 大学寮, 国学:こくがく; abbreviation)
3. the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)  (see also: 四書)
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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 209,619 which gives a rank of 33
大学 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 used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 1,000 (about 945,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 67 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 123
• 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
あね
だいがく
大学
かよ
っている

My sister goes to a university.
だいがく
大学
がくせい
学生
この
かみ
ました

(At the University) Students saw this paper.
パブロさん
たかぎ
高木
だいがく
大学
きたい
です
Pablo wants to go to Takagi University.
だいがく
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 91,000 (about 2,440,000 results)
• 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)
大學
BOOST
Reading : だいがく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 218,000,000 results)
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ガク   まな to learn   
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シ   ス   こ child   
classroom
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small
cover; covered   
ガク   まな to learn   
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