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"roman": "gwiga",
"sense": "the act of returning home",
"word": "귀가"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gwiguk",
"sense": "the act of returning home",
"word": "귀국"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the act of returning home",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hjemkomst"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozvraščénije domój",
"sense": "the act of returning home",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "возвраще́ние домо́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozvraščénije na ródinu",
"sense": "the act of returning home",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "возвраще́ние на ро́дину"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the act of returning home",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "regreso a casa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the act of returning home",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hemkomst"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the act of returning home",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "återkomst"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "tradition in colleges and highschools",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hemvändardag"
}
],
"word": "homecoming"
}
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