See last word on Wiktionary
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poslédneje slóvo",
"sense": "(often pluralized) final statement uttered before death",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "после́днее сло́во"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "(often pluralized) final statement uttered before death",
"word": "huling kataga"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "(often pluralized) final statement uttered before death",
"word": "trăng trối"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "final decision or the right to make such a decision",
"word": "viimeinen sana"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "final decision or the right to make such a decision",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "letztes Wort"
},
{
"alt": "けっていばん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ketteiban",
"sense": "final decision or the right to make such a decision",
"word": "決定版"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "final decision or the right to make such a decision",
"word": "ostatnie słowo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poslédneje slóvo",
"sense": "final decision or the right to make such a decision",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "после́днее сло́во"
}
],
"word": "last word"
}
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