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"roman": "sei-",
"sense": "life",
"word": "生-"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "seibutsu-",
"sense": "life",
"word": "生物-"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"lang_code": "mr",
"roman": "jaiv-",
"sense": "life",
"word": "जैव-"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "life",
"word": "bio-"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "zist-",
"sense": "life",
"word": "زیست"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "life",
"word": "bio-"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "life",
"word": "bio-"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "bio-",
"sense": "life",
"word": "био-"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "life",
"word": "bio-"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "life",
"word": "bio-"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "chiiu-",
"sense": "life",
"word": "ชีว-"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"lang_code": "yi",
"roman": "byo-",
"sense": "life",
"word": "ביאָ־"
}
],
"word": "bio-"
}
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