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"roman": "pou² tung¹ jan⁴",
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"word": "Matti Meikäläinen"
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"word": "Pinco Pallino"
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"roman": "Yamada Tarō",
"sense": "hypothetical average or generic individual",
"word": "山田 太郎"
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"code": "yue",
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"roman": "pou² tung¹ jan⁴",
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"word": "普通人"
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"word": "Jan Modaal"
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"sense": "hypothetical average or generic individual",
"tags": [
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"word": "Jan met de pet"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "hypothetical average or generic individual",
"word": "Pihtiputaan mummo"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "hypothetical average or generic individual",
"word": "Matti Meikäläinen"
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"sense": "hypothetical average or generic individual",
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"sense": "hypothetical average or generic individual",
"tags": [
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"word": "Ottonormalverbraucher"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "hypothetical average or generic individual",
"tags": [
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"word": "Seán Ó Rudaí"
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"sense": "hypothetical average or generic individual",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Mac Uí Rudaí"
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"tags": [
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"word": "Pinco Pallino"
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"sense": "hypothetical average or generic individual",
"word": "普通人"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Yamada Tarō",
"sense": "hypothetical average or generic individual",
"word": "山田 太郎"
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"sense": "hypothetical average or generic individual",
"tags": [
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"word": "Vardenis Pavardenis"
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"sense": "hypothetical average or generic individual",
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"word": "Jan Kowalski"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hypothetical average or generic individual",
"tags": [
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"word": "Jão"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "hypothetical average or generic individual",
"tags": [
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"word": "Juan Pérez"
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"code": "sv",
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"word": "medelsvensson"
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"code": "sv",
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