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6 words matching '子' found
子 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
BOOST
Reading :   
suffix
honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name  (archaic; honorific)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 58,785 which gives a rank of 17,319
子 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 800 (about 1,230,000,000 results)
No examples found for any form of this word.
BOOST
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• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 700 (about 1,280,000,000 results)
子 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
BOOST
Reading :   
noun
1. fruit; nut
2. seed
3. (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.
4. content; substance
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 95,533 which gives a rank of 6,820
子 is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 800 (about 1,240,000,000 results)
Example sentences:
ところ
われわれ
我々
しょうたい
招待
されなかった

The fact is we were not invited.
かれ
へいせい
平静
ようだった
ところとてもあがっていた
He looked calm, but actually he was very nervous.
どう
かれ
こうどう
行動
むす
んでいない

To all appearances, their actions haven't borne fruit.
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 235,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4747 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 1,000 (about 768,000,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
子 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
BOOST
Reading :   
noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: 仔:こ)
3. young woman; young geisha  (also 娘)
4. offshoot
5. interest  (see also: 元も子もない)
6. new shares  (see also: 子株; abbreviation)
noun
7. player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.)  (see also: 親:おや)
noun, noun (suffix)
8. bird egg  (archaic)
noun (suffix)
9. -er (often of young women)  (after a noun or -masu stem)
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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 164,555 which gives a rank of 565
子 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 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 800 (about 1,240,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 692 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 268
• 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
あの
せわ
世話
しましょ
I'll look after that child.
かわいい
たび
させ
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
その
ナイフフォークうまく
つか
使

The child handles a knife and fork well.
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 472,000,000 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 1 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 14,000 (about 50,000,000 results)
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 12,000 (about 61,100,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
子 is an exact match with the following word:
BOOST
Reading : こう   
noun
1. child  (obscure term)
noun, noun (suffix)
2. interest  (obscure term)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 8 (among the 30,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 56,698 which gives a rank of 18,998
• Google Japan frequency rank: 800 (about 1,230,000,000 results)
No examples found for any form of this word.
子 is an exact match with the following word:
BOOST
Reading :   
noun
1. child (esp. a boy)
2. viscount  (see also: 子爵)
3. master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius)  (honorific)
4. philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings  (see also: 諸子百家)
5. you (of one's equals)  (archaic)
noun (suffix)
6. -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 81,396 which gives a rank of 8,465
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• Google Japan frequency rank: 800 (about 1,220,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 291
No examples found for any form of this word.
子 is an exact match with the following word:
BOOST
Reading :   
noun
first sign of Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 8 (among the 30,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 56,677 which gives a rank of 19,014
• Google Japan frequency rank: 800 (about 1,210,000,000 results)
No examples found for any form of this word.
シ   ス   こ child   
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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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   
ジツ    fruit; reality   み fruit, nut   みの to bear fruit   
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three men
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サン   み    みっ three   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
roof   
ジ   ニ    newborn babe   
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キュウ    former, old   
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stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
legs
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