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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a source of unforeseen trouble",
"word": "cutia Pandorei"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jáščik Pandóry",
"sense": "a source of unforeseen trouble",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "я́щик Пандо́ры"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a source of unforeseen trouble",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caja de Pandora"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a source of unforeseen trouble",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "Pandoras ask"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a source of unforeseen trouble",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pandorasask"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "paṇṭōrāviṉ peṭṭi",
"sense": "a source of unforeseen trouble",
"word": "பண்டோராவின் பெட்டி"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a source of unforeseen trouble",
"word": "Pandora'nın kutusu"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skrynʹka Pandory",
"sense": "a source of unforeseen trouble",
"word": "скринька Пандори"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "a source of unforeseen trouble",
"word": "Pandora qutisi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a source of unforeseen trouble",
"word": "chiếc hộp Pandora"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Pandora's box"
],
"word": "Pandora's box"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1936",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": treasure box from \"Urashima Taro\" tale vs. tamatebako",
"path": [
"Pandora's box"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "Pandora's box",
"trace": ""
}
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