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"ref": "1978, “Blind Date”, in A Tonic for the Troops, performed by The Boomtown Rats",
"text": "A blind date is a blinkered meeting / A rendez-vous with some person unknown / A secret tryst, a shady dealing / A gambler's chance when love's dice are thrown",
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"A date (romantic meeting) between two people who have never met before."
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"(idiomatic) A date (romantic meeting) between two people who have never met before."
],
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},
{
"word": "omiai"
}
],
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cita a cegues"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "相親"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiāngqīn",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "相亲"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "sokkotreffit"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rencontre à l’aveugle"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rendez-vous surprise"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Blind Date"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "kencan buta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "appuntamento al buio"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "buraindo dēto",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "ブラインドデート"
},
{
"alt": "おみあい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "o-miai",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "お見合い"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "miting",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "미팅"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "matseon",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "맞선"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sogaeting",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "소개팅"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "randka w ciemno"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "encontro às cegas"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svidánije vslepúju",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "свида́ние вслепу́ю"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "old Russian tradition, \"bride show\"",
"roman": "smotríny",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"dated",
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "смотри́ны"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cita a ciegas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "blindträff"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "sitang ligaw"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "kör randevu"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pobáčennja naóslip",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "поба́чення нао́сліп"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "dạm ngõ"
}
]
}
],
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"rhymes": "-eɪt"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "blind date"
}
{
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"word": "miai"
},
{
"word": "omiai"
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"English idioms",
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"English terms with quotations",
"Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
"Korean terms with redundant script codes",
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"ref": "1978, “Blind Date”, in A Tonic for the Troops, performed by The Boomtown Rats",
"text": "A blind date is a blinkered meeting / A rendez-vous with some person unknown / A secret tryst, a shady dealing / A gambler's chance when love's dice are thrown",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A date (romantic meeting) between two people who have never met before."
],
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"date"
]
],
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"(idiomatic) A date (romantic meeting) between two people who have never met before."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
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},
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"tags": [
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cita a cegues"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "相親"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiāngqīn",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "相亲"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "sokkotreffit"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rencontre à l’aveugle"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rendez-vous surprise"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Blind Date"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "kencan buta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "appuntamento al buio"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "buraindo dēto",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "ブラインドデート"
},
{
"alt": "おみあい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "o-miai",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "お見合い"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "miting",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "미팅"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "matseon",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "맞선"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sogaeting",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "소개팅"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "randka w ciemno"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "encontro às cegas"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svidánije vslepúju",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "свида́ние вслепу́ю"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "old Russian tradition, \"bride show\"",
"roman": "smotríny",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"dated",
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "смотри́ны"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cita a ciegas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "blindträff"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "sitang ligaw"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "kör randevu"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pobáčennja naóslip",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "поба́чення нао́сліп"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "romantic meeting between two people who have never met before",
"word": "dạm ngõ"
}
],
"word": "blind date"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1936",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": pre-arranged vs. o-miai",
"path": [
"blind date"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "blind date",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": pre-arranged vs. matseon",
"path": [
"blind date"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "blind date",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": pre-arranged vs. sogaeting",
"path": [
"blind date"
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "blind date",
"trace": ""
}
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