"arduous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɑː.djuː.əs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑː.d͡ʒuː.əs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑɹ.d͡ʒu.əs/ [US] Audio: en-us-arduous.ogg [US] Forms: more arduous [comparative], most arduous [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin arduus (“lofty, high, steep, hard to reach, difficult, laborious”), akin to Irish ard (“high”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃erdʰ-}}, {{uder|en|la|arduus||lofty, high, steep, hard to reach, difficult, laborious}} Latin arduus (“lofty, high, steep, hard to reach, difficult, laborious”), {{m|ga|ard||high}} ard (“high”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} arduous (comparative more arduous, superlative most arduous)
  1. Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance. Translations (hard to climb): стръмен (strǎmen) (Bulgarian), недостъпен (nedostǎpen) (Bulgarian), ardu (Catalan), uitputtend (Dutch), zwaar (Dutch), steil (Dutch), moeilijk te beklimmen (Dutch), jyrkkä (Finnish), vaativa (Finnish), steil (German), meredek (Hungarian), arduo (Italian), vanskelig (Norwegian), árduo (Portuguese), круто́й (krutój) (Russian), труднодосту́пный (trudnodostúpnyj) (Russian), arduo (Spanish), brant (Swedish), besvärlig (Swedish), sarp (Turkish), çetin (Turkish) Translations (needing or using up much energy): شَاق (šāq) (Arabic), труден (truden) (Bulgarian), усилен (usilen) (Bulgarian), мъчен (mǎčen) (Bulgarian), ardu (Catalan), 艱苦 (Chinese Cantonese), 艰苦 (gaan¹ fu²) (Chinese Cantonese), 艱巨 (Chinese Cantonese), 艰巨 (gaan¹ geoi⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 艱苦 (Chinese Mandarin), 艰苦 (jiānkǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 艱巨 (Chinese Mandarin), 艰巨 (jiānjù) (Chinese Mandarin), anstrengende (Danish), besværlig (Danish), uitputtend (Dutch), zwaar (Dutch), moeizaam (Dutch), vaivalloinen (Finnish), työläs (Finnish), uuvuttava (Finnish), rasittava (Finnish), ankara (Finnish), ardu (French), mühsam (German), anstrengend (German), beschwerlich (German), erschöpfend (German), megerőltető (Hungarian), fárasztó (Hungarian), fáradságos (Hungarian), arduo (Italian), 苦しい (kurushii) (alt: くるしい) (Japanese), 難儀な (nangi-na) (alt: なんぎな) (Japanese), 고난의 (gonan-ui) (Korean), 힘드는 (himdeuneun) (Korean), slitsom (Norwegian), vanskelig (Norwegian), uciążliwy (Polish), arcytrudny (Polish), árduo (Portuguese), напряжённый (naprjažónnyj) (Russian), тру́дный (trúdnyj) (Russian), тяжёлый (tjažólyj) (Russian), mukotrpan (Serbo-Croatian), arduo (Spanish), riguroso (Spanish), arbetsam (Swedish), besvärlig (Swedish), jobbig (Swedish), ansträngande (Swedish), avancerad (Swedish), krånglig (Swedish), svår (Swedish), ağır (Turkish), çetin (Turkish), gayretli (Turkish), güç (Turkish), zor (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-arduous-en-adj-nX8udkRt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 7 3 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 76 17 8 Disambiguation of 'hard to climb': 43 23 34 Disambiguation of 'needing or using up much energy': 95 4 1
  2. (obsolete) burning; ardent Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-arduous-en-adj-vkw-kWKT
  3. Difficult or exhausting to traverse.
    Sense id: en-arduous-en-adj-Jy0CrXab
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: burdensome, demanding, exhausting, fatiguing, laborious, onerous, strenuous, strugglesome, wearisome Derived forms: arduously, arduousness, unarduous Related terms: arduity

Download JSON data for arduous meaning in All languages combined (13.6kB)

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          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "megerőltető"
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          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "arduo"
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          "alt": "くるしい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "word": "苦しい"
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          "alt": "なんぎな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nangi-na",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "難儀な"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gonan-ui",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "고난의"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "himdeuneun",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "힘드는"
        },
        {
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          "code": "no",
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          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "slitsom"
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        {
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "vanskelig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "uciążliwy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "arcytrudny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "árduo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "naprjažónnyj",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "напряжённый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trúdnyj",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "тру́дный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tjažólyj",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "тяжёлый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "mukotrpan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "arduo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "riguroso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "arbetsam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "besvärlig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "jobbig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "ansträngande"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "avancerad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "krånglig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "svår"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "ağır"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "çetin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 4 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "gayretli"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
          "word": "güç"
        },
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          "word": "zor"
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        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "strǎmen",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "стръмен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nedostǎpen",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "недостъпен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "ardu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "uitputtend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "zwaar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "steil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "moeilijk te beklimmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "jyrkkä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "vaativa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "steil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "meredek"
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          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "arduo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "vanskelig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "árduo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krutój",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "круто́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trudnodostúpnyj",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "труднодосту́пный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "arduo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "brant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "besvärlig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "sarp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 23 34",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "hard to climb",
          "word": "çetin"
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          "text": "1805-1814, Dante, Henry Francis Cary (translator), The Divine Comedy\nWhere flames the arduous Spirit of Isidore.",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "de",
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "word": "anstrengend"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "beschwerlich"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "fáradságos"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "arduo"
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      "word": "고난의"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "힘드는"
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      "code": "no",
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      "word": "slitsom"
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    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "vanskelig"
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      "word": "uciążliwy"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "arcytrudny"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "árduo"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "arduo"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "riguroso"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "arbetsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "besvärlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "jobbig"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "ansträngande"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "krånglig"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "svår"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "ağır"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "çetin"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "gayretli"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "güç"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "needing or using up much energy",
      "word": "zor"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "strǎmen",
      "sense": "hard to climb",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "ardu"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "uitputtend"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "hard to climb",
      "word": "zwaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hard to climb",
      "word": "steil"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hard to climb",
      "word": "moeilijk te beklimmen"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "hard to climb",
      "word": "jyrkkä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hard to climb",
      "word": "vaativa"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "hard to climb",
      "word": "steil"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hard to climb",
      "word": "meredek"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "hard to climb",
      "word": "arduo"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "hard to climb",
      "word": "vanskelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "hard to climb",
      "word": "árduo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krutój",
      "sense": "hard to climb",
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "trudnodostúpnyj",
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      "word": "труднодосту́пный"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "hard to climb",
      "word": "arduo"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hard to climb",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hard to climb",
      "word": "besvärlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hard to climb",
      "word": "sarp"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hard to climb",
      "word": "çetin"
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