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"word": "groviglio"
},
{
"alt": "もつれ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "motsure",
"sense": "the state of being entangled",
"word": "縺れ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "the state of being entangled",
"word": "rorenga"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the state of being entangled",
"word": "încurcătură"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the state of being entangled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "complicație"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the state of being entangled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "situație complicată"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the state of being entangled",
"word": "enredo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the state of being entangled",
"word": "karışma"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the state of being entangled",
"word": "yer alma"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pletka"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "intrika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity",
"word": "sotku"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity",
"word": "rorenga"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pútanica",
"sense": "that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity",
"word": "пу́таница"
}
],
"word": "entanglement"
}
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