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"word": "девойка"
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"word": "姑娘"
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"roman": "shōnen",
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"code": "ko",
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"word": "adolescentă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podróstok",
"sense": "a teenager",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подро́сток"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "boy",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "júnoša",
"sense": "a teenager",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ю́ноша"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "girl",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dévuška",
"sense": "a teenager",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "де́вушка"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a teenager",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "òigear"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a teenager",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "òganach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a teenager",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "adolèscent"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a teenager",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mladoletnik"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a teenager",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mladoletnica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a teenager",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "adolescente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a teenager",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "muchacho"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a teenager",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "muchacha"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a teenager",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a teenager",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chica"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a teenager",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tonåring"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a teenager",
"word": "ergen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidlítok",
"sense": "a teenager",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "підлі́ток"
}
],
"word": "adolescent"
}
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