See ecchi on Wiktionary
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"sounds": [
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ecchi.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-ecchi.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-ecchi.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-ecchi.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-ecchi.wav.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "etchi"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "eĉio"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ecchi"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "etchi",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "エッチ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "etchi",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "엣치"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "eccī",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "एच्ची"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ecchi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ečči",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "эччи"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"ecchi"
],
"word": "ecchi"
}
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