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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"word": "無性別"
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"word": "無性別"
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"sense": "having no gender",
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"lang": "German",
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"roman": "musei",
"sense": "having no gender",
"word": "無性"
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"sense": "having no gender",
"word": "sine sexū"
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"sense": "having no gender",
"word": "sine genere"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "having no gender",
"word": "insexus"
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