"by oneself" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

  1. Tags: no-gloss Hyponyms: helplessly
    Sense id: en-by_oneself-en-adv-47DEQpj8 Synonyms: alone, by oneself, by one's lonesome [idiomatic], on one's lonesome [idiomatic], on one's own, single-handed, single-handedly, singly, unaidedly, unassisted, unassistedly

Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} by oneself, {{en-prep phrase}} by oneself
  1. Alone; without assistance or help from others. Translations (without help): لوحد (Arabic), لحال (Arabic), 自己 (zìjǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), pwisin (Chuukese), zelfstandig (Dutch), sole (Esperanto), sjálvur (Faroese), itse (Finnish), yksin (Finnish), itsekseen (Finnish), tout seul (French), de seu (Galician), selbst (German), selbstständig (German), अकेले (akele) (Hindi), अपने आप (apne āp) (Hindi), magától (Hungarian), egyedül (Hungarian), önállóan (Hungarian), sjálfur [masculine] (Icelandic), i d'aonar (Irish), da solo (Italian), da soli [masculine, plural, singular] (Italian), per conto mio (Italian), 自分で (jibun de) (alt: じぶんで) (Japanese), 제냥으로 (jenyang-euro) (Jeju), 스스로 (seuseuro) (Korean), ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് (oṟṟaykkŭ) (Malayalam), സ്വയം (svayaṁ) (Malayalam), 스싀〮로〮 (sùsúy-lwó) (Middle Korean), 自衣以 (alt: *SUSuy-lwo) (Old Korean), sam (Polish), sam z siebie (Polish), samo- [prefix] (Polish), sozinho [masculine] (Portuguese), de la sine (Romanian), cu de la sine putere (Romanian), de unul singur (Romanian), самостоя́тельно (samostojátelʹno) (Russian), сам (sam) (note: with genders and numbers) [adjective] (Russian), solo (Spanish), por sí mismo (Spanish), själv [common-gender] (Swedish), på egen hand (Swedish), ด้วยตัวเอง (Thai), เอง (eeng) (Thai), اپنے آپ (apnē āp) (Urdu), خود بخود (xud baxud) (Urdu), اکیلے (akēlē) (Urdu), lấy (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-by_oneself-en-prep_phrase-HJ8qJJBe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 19 5 Disambiguation of 'without help': 72 26 3
  2. Alone, without another's immediate company. Translations (without company): 一個人 (Chinese Cantonese), 一个人 (alt: jat¹ go³ jan⁴; jat¹ go³ jan⁴⁻²; jat¹ go³ jan⁴⁻¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 一個人 (Chinese Mandarin), 一个人 (yīgèrén) (Chinese Mandarin), alleen (Dutch), sole (Esperanto), einsamallur (Faroese), yksin (Finnish), yksinään (Finnish), itsekseen (Finnish), yksikseen (Finnish), solo (French), seul (French), alleine (German), μόνος (mónos) (Greek), בְּגַפּוֹ (begapó) [masculine] (Hebrew), egyedül (Hungarian), magában (Hungarian), egymagában (Hungarian), aleinn [masculine] (Icelandic), einn [masculine] (Icelandic), leat féin (Irish), 一人で (hitori de) (alt: ひとりで) (Japanese), 혼자 (honja) (Korean), ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് (oṟṟaykkŭ) (Malayalam), sam (Polish), sozinho (Portuguese), (Portuguese), por si só (Portuguese), singur (Romanian), de unul singur (Romanian), оди́н (odín) (note: with genders and numbers) [adjective] (Russian), в одино́чку (v odinóčku) (Russian), solo (Spanish), a solas (Spanish), ensam (Swedish), för sig själv (Swedish), ตามลำพัง (Thai), ลำพัง (lam-pang) (Thai), ตัวคนเดียว (Thai), tek başına (Turkish), một mình (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-by_oneself-en-prep_phrase-PxckJbA- Disambiguation of 'without company': 42 56 2
  3. (rare) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see by, oneself. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-by_oneself-en-prep_phrase-cWXO~Qqy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (alone): on one's own
Disambiguation of 'alone': 51 48 1

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          "_dis1": "72 26 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "without help",
          "word": "magától"
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          "_dis1": "72 26 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "egyedül"
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          "_dis1": "72 26 3",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "önállóan"
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          "sense": "without help",
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          "sense": "without help",
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          "code": "oko",
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          "sense": "without help",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "without help",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "without help",
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          "_dis1": "72 26 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "samostojátelʹno",
          "sense": "without help",
          "word": "самостоя́тельно"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "with genders and numbers",
          "roman": "sam",
          "sense": "without help",
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
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          "_dis1": "72 26 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "without help",
          "word": "solo"
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          "_dis1": "72 26 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "without help",
          "word": "por sí mismo"
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          "_dis1": "72 26 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "without help",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "72 26 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "without help",
          "word": "på egen hand"
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        {
          "_dis1": "72 26 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "without help",
          "word": "ด้วยตัวเอง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 26 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "eeng",
          "sense": "without help",
          "word": "เอง"
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        {
          "_dis1": "72 26 3",
          "code": "ur",
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          "roman": "apnē āp",
          "sense": "without help",
          "word": "اپنے آپ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 26 3",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "xud baxud",
          "sense": "without help",
          "word": "خود بخود"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 26 3",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "akēlē",
          "sense": "without help",
          "word": "اکیلے"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 26 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "without help",
          "word": "lấy"
        }
      ]
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          "text": "She sat by herself in the corner, waiting quietly."
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          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "一個人"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "alt": "jat¹ go³ jan⁴; jat¹ go³ jan⁴⁻²; jat¹ go³ jan⁴⁻¹",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "一个人"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "一個人"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yīgèrén",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "一个人"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "alleen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "sole"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "einsamallur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "yksin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "yksinään"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "itsekseen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "yksikseen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "solo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "seul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "alleine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mónos",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "μόνος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "begapó",
          "sense": "without company",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "בְּגַפּוֹ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "egyedül"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "magában"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "egymagában"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "without company",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aleinn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "without company",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "einn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "leat féin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "alt": "ひとりで",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hitori de",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "一人で"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "honja",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "혼자"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "oṟṟaykkŭ",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക്"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "sam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "sozinho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "só"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "por si só"
        },
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          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "singur"
        },
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          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "de unul singur"
        },
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          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "with genders and numbers",
          "roman": "odín",
          "sense": "without company",
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "word": "оди́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v odinóčku",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "в одино́чку"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "solo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "a solas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "ensam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "för sig själv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "ตามลำพัง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 56 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "lam-pang",
          "sense": "without company",
          "word": "ลำพัง"
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          "text": "I have always wondered why shoe salesmen think I can't tie my shoes by myself."
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      "code": "ar",
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      "word": "لحال"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "code": "chk",
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      "word": "pwisin"
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      "word": "zelfstandig"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "sole"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
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      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "sjálvur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "itse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "yksin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "itsekseen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "tout seul"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "de seu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "selbst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "selbstständig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "akele",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "अकेले"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "apne āp",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "अपने आप"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "magától"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "egyedül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "önállóan"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "without help",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sjálfur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "i d'aonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "da solo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "without help",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "singular"
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      "word": "da soli"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "per conto mio"
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    {
      "alt": "じぶんで",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jibun de",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "自分で"
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      "code": "jje",
      "lang": "Jeju",
      "roman": "jenyang-euro",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "제냥으로"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seuseuro",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "스스로"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "oṟṟaykkŭ",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക്"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "svayaṁ",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "സ്വയം"
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    {
      "code": "okm",
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      "roman": "sùsúy-lwó",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "스싀〮로〮"
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    {
      "alt": "*SUSuy-lwo",
      "code": "oko",
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      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "自衣以"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "without help",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "sam z siebie"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "without help",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "without help",
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "without help",
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "cu de la sine putere"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "de unul singur"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "самостоя́тельно"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "solo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "por sí mismo"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "without help",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "själv"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "på egen hand"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "ด้วยตัวเอง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "eeng",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "เอง"
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "apnē āp",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "اپنے آپ"
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    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xud baxud",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "خود بخود"
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    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "akēlē",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "اکیلے"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "without help",
      "word": "lấy"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "一個人"
    },
    {
      "alt": "jat¹ go³ jan⁴; jat¹ go³ jan⁴⁻²; jat¹ go³ jan⁴⁻¹",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "一个人"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "一個人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīgèrén",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "一个人"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "alleen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "sole"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "einsamallur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "yksin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "yksinään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "itsekseen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "yksikseen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "solo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "seul"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "alleine"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "mónos",
      "sense": "without company",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "without company",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "egyedül"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "magában"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "egymagában"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "without company",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aleinn"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "without company",
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      "word": "einn"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "leat féin"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひとりで",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hitori de",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "一人で"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "honja",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "혼자"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "oṟṟaykkŭ",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക്"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "sam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "sozinho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "só"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "por si só"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "without company",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "de unul singur"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "odín",
      "sense": "without company",
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      "word": "оди́н"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v odinóčku",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "в одино́чку"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "solo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "a solas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "ensam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "för sig själv"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "ตามลำพัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lam-pang",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "ลำพัง"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "ตัวคนเดียว"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "tek başına"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "without company",
      "word": "một mình"
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        {
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