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"sense": "why",
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "why",
"word": "hoe komt het dat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "why",
"word": "waarom"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "why",
"word": "kial"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "miksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "minkä takia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "why",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "comment se fait-il que"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "why",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "comment se fait-ce que"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "why",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "comment ça se fait que"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "why",
"word": "pourquoi"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "rogor moxda",
"sense": "why",
"word": "როგორ მოხდა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "why",
"word": "wie kommt es dass"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "why",
"word": "warum"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "why",
"word": "wieso"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pós ki étsi",
"sense": "why",
"word": "πώς κι έτσι"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "madúa'",
"sense": "why",
"word": "מַדּוּעַ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "why",
"word": "hogyhogy"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "why",
"word": "Af hverju"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "why",
"word": "come mai"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nande",
"sense": "why",
"word": "何で"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "wae",
"sense": "why",
"word": "왜"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čerâ",
"sense": "why",
"word": "چرا"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "dlaczego"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "jakże"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "czemu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "jak to"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "why",
"word": "por quê"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "why",
"word": "como"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "why",
"word": "cum se face"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "why",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "cum de"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počemú že",
"sense": "why",
"word": "почему́ же"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počemú",
"sense": "why",
"word": "почему́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počemú éto",
"sense": "why",
"word": "почему́ э́то"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kak tak",
"sense": "why",
"word": "как так"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kak eto tak",
"sense": "why",
"word": "как это так"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "¿cómo es que"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "¿por qué"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "hur kommer det sig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "why",
"word": "varför"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "why",
"word": "bakit"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "jak tak",
"sense": "why",
"word": "як так"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "why",
"word": "tại sao"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "why",
"word": "tai sao"
}
],
"word": "how come"
}
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