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書道 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
書道
BOOST
Reading : しょどう   
calligraphy  (see also: カリグラフィー; esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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書道 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is 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: 28,000 (about 22,200,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4330 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7250
• 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 7 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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Example sentences:
しょどう
書道
なら
たの
しい

Learning calligraphy is fun.
えいが
映画
しょどう
書道
ガールズでは
かく
とどうふけん
都道府県
だいひょう
代表
じょしこうせい
女子高生
たち
いろいろ
色々
パフォーマンス
しょ
ひろう
披露
した

In the movie Shodo Girls, high school girls representing every prefecture of Japan gave various performances while demonstrating calligraphy.
しょどう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 48,000 (about 9,930,000 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 7 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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ショ   か to write   
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writing brush
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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シュ   くび neck; head   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
grass   
move
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