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"sense": "make something western",
"word": "occidentalitzar"
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"roman": "xīhuà",
"sense": "make something western",
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"word": "вестернизи́ра"
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"word": "occidentalitzar"
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"sense": "make something western",
"word": "西化"
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"word": "länsimaistaa"
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"sense": "make something western",
"word": "occidentaliser"
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"sense": "make something western",
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"sense": "make something western",
"word": "occidentalizzare"
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"roman": "ozapaduva",
"sense": "make something western",
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"sense": "make something western",
"word": "вестернизи́ра"
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"sense": "make something western",
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