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音 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
BOOST
Readings : おと       おん   
音 can be read in 3 ways: おと (70%), ね (20%), おん (10%).
noun, noun (suffix)
1. sound; noise; report
2. note  (music term)
3. fame  (this meaning is restricted to reading おと)
4. Chinese-derived character reading  (see also: 訓:くん; this meaning is restricted to reading おん)
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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 205,559 which gives a rank of 17
音 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 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 599,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 636 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 570
• 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 2 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
あか
ギター
おと
かった

The red guitar sounded good.
ラジオ
おと
げてくれません

Could you turn down the radio?
おと
げてくれない

Can you keep the noise down?
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おと
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 36,000 (about 15,800,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 8885
• 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 2 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
おん
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 19,000 (about 35,500,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
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