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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "嫵媚"
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"word": "愉快"
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"word": "rava"
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "rõõmustav"
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "ihastuttava"
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{
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "reizvoll"
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"word": "楽しい"
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"code": "la",
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"word": "voluptuosus"
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},
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "بَهِيج"
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{
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "fərəhli"
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "masanggaya"
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "възхитителен"
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{
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "encantador"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "嫵媚"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "wǔmèi",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "妩媚"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "yúkuài",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "rava"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "rõõmustav"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "ihastuttava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "ihana"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "délicieux"
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{
"code": "fro",
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "delitable"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "reizvoll"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "entzückend"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "angenehm"
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "terpnós",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "τερπνός"
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{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "thumḗrēs",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "θυμήρης"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "caithiseach"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "taitneamhach"
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tanoshii",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "楽しい"
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"alt": "ゆかいな",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "yukai na",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "愉快な"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "mae'u gippeun",
"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "매우 기쁜"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "iūcundus"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "voluptuosus"
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "دلپذیر"
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
"word": "восхити́тельный"
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"word": "очарова́тельный"
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "sa",
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"sense": "pleasant; pleasing",
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