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"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": fàngshèxìng (de) vs. 的",
"path": [
"radioactive"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "radioactive",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": ほうしゃせい(の), hōshasei (no) vs. の",
"path": [
"radioactive"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "radioactive",
"trace": ""
}
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