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"feminine"
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "et",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"feminine"
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"alt": "逆斜線",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"feminine"
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"code": "sk",
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