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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cheerful, happy — see also cheerful, happy",
"word": "gai"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cheerful, happy — see also cheerful, happy",
"word": "joyeux"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "baktıluu",
"sense": "cheerful, happy — see also cheerful, happy",
"word": "бактылуу"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "şayır",
"sense": "cheerful, happy — see also cheerful, happy",
"word": "шайыр"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "cheerful, happy — see also cheerful, happy",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "blied"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sčastlívyj",
"sense": "cheerful, happy — see also cheerful, happy",
"word": "счастли́вый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vesjólyj",
"sense": "cheerful, happy — see also cheerful, happy",
"word": "весёлый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žiznerádostnyj",
"sense": "cheerful, happy — see also cheerful, happy",
"word": "жизнера́достный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cheerful, happy — see also cheerful, happy",
"word": "alegre"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cheerful, happy — see also cheerful, happy",
"word": "feliz"
}
],
"word": "blithe"
}
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