See stardust on Wiktionary
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"sense": "small fragments of dust-like material found in space",
"word": "宇宙塵"
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"sense": "small fragments of dust-like material found in space",
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"feminine"
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"word": "poussière cosmique"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "small fragments of dust-like material found in space",
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "small fragments of dust-like material found in space",
"word": "宇宙塵"
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"code": "ko",
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"word": "우주진"
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"sense": "small fragments of dust-like material found in space",
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"word": "星塵"
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"roman": "xīngchén",
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