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"sense": "a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air",
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"sense": "a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air",
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"sense": "a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air",
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"sense": "a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air",
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"word": "fulmine globulare"
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"alt": "きゅうでん",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air",
"word": "球電"
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"roman": "jūmbaq naizağai",
"sense": "a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air",
"word": "жұмбақ найзағай"
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"sense": "a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air",
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"sense": "a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air",
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"sense": "a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air",
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"sense": "a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air",
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"sense": "a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air",
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"sense": "a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air",
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