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"word": "difficult nut to crack"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English difficult (ca. 1400), a back-formation from difficultee (whence modern difficulty), from Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis (“hard to do, difficult”), from dis- + facilis (“easy”); see difficile. Replaced native Middle English earveþ (“difficult, hard”), from Old English earfoþe (“difficult, laborious, full of hardship”), cognate to German Arbeit (“work”).",
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"text": "However, the difficult weather conditions will ensure Yunnan has plenty of freshwater."
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{
"ref": "2008, Daniel Goleman, Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama, page 199",
"text": "In adults, the same kind of anger has been studied in people trying to solve a very difficult math problem. Though the tough math problem is very frustrating, there is an active attempt to solve the problem and meet the goal.",
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"ref": "2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847",
"text": "Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.[…]But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what counts as a territory, what counts as output and how to value it. Indeed, economists are still tweaking it.",
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"Hard, not easy, requiring much effort."
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "moeilik"
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "i vështirë"
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"roman": "ʾäsčägari",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "አስቸጋሪ"
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"roman": "ṣaʕb",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "صَعْب"
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"roman": "džvar",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "դժվար"
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"word": "բարդ"
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ծանր"
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "টান"
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difícil"
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "çətin"
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "düşvar"
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ҡыйын"
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"word": "nekez"
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"lang": "Belarusian",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ця́жкі"
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"roman": "trúdny",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "тру́дны"
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"roman": "koṭhin",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "কঠিন"
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"word": "dipisil"
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "diaes"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "kxd",
"lang": "Brunei Malay",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "payah"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "тру́ден"
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "мъ́чен"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ခဲယဉ်း"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"roman": "hkak",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ခက်"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difícil"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ceb",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "lisud"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ccc",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "yeewa"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"roman": "xala",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "хала"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "utsosdi",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ᎤᏦᏍᏗ"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "sdaya",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ᏍᏓᏯ"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "yue",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "難"
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"roman": "naan⁴",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "难"
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{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "yue",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "困難"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"roman": "kwan³ naan⁴",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "困难"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "難"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"roman": "nán",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "难"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "困難"
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{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kùnnán",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "困难"
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{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "艱難"
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{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiānnán",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "艰难"
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{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "wuu",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "難"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"english": "³ne",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "难"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ckt",
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"roman": "aṇʺačety",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "аӈъачеты"
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "qıyın"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "obtížný"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "těžký"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "vanskelig"
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "lastig"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "moeilijk"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "qsn",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "q-qs-n:nDs"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "malfacila"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "keeruline"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "fo",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "torførur"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "vaikea"
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{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "hankala"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difficile"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difícil"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "arrevesado"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ʒneli",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ძნელი"
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{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "rtuli",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "რთული"
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{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mʒime",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "მძიმე"
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{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "schwer"
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{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "schwierig"
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{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "aglus",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌿𐍃"
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dýskolos",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "δύσκολος"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "χαλεπός"
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"roman": "duskherḗs",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "δυσχερής"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "sapernarpoq"
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"roman": "kaṭhin",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "કઠિન"
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difisil"
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"roman": "kashé",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "קָשֶׁה"
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"roman": "mesubbakh",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "מסובך"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "कठिन"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "विकट"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"lang": "Hindi",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "मुश्किल"
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{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "दुश्वार"
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"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "nehéz"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "erfiður"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "desfacila"
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "narigat"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "sukar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "susah"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "sulit"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "inh",
"lang": "Ingush",
"roman": "xala",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "хала"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difficile"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "deacair"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "anfhurasta"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "anacair"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "of terrain",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "achrannach"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "doiligh"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difficile"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"alt": "むずかしい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "muzukashii",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "難しい"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"alt": "こんなんな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "konnan na",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "困難な"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "puxadu"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "pexóde"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "rabés"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "kaṭ",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ಕಟ್"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qiyn",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "қиын"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "auyr",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ауыр"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "pi’baak",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ពិបាក"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "yap",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "យ៉ាប់"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "eoryeopda",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "어렵다"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "himdeulda",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "힘들다"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "zeḧmet",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "زەحمەت"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "gran",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "گران"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "sext",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "سەخت"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kıyın",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "кыйын"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "oor",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "оор"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difísil"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "zor"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "nyāk",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ຍາກ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difficilis"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "sarežģīts"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "grūts"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "sunkus"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "težok",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "тежок"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mačen",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "мачен"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "sukar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "susah"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "diffiċli"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "doillee"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "creoi"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "trome"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "mooar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "neuaashagh"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "whēuaua"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "uaua"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "in the extreme",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "taumaha hārukiruki"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "avghaḍ",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "अवघड"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "kaṭhīṇ",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "कठीण"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "defícel"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "mnw",
"lang": "Mon",
"roman": "wāt",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ဝါတ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xecüü",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "хэцүү"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xünd",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "хүнд"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "berx",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "бэрх"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xüčir",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "хүчир"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "nantłʼah"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "váttis"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "vanskelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "malaisit"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dificil"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "tjęžĭkŭ",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "тѩжькъ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "earfoþe"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "grân",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ګران"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "muškil",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مشکل"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "došvâr",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "دشوار"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "moškel",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "مشکل"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "saxt",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "سخت"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sa'b",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "صعب"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "trudny"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ciężki"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difícil"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "kaṭhin",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ਕਠਿਨ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "sasa"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "greu"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "dificil"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "anevoios"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "complicat"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trúdnyj",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тру́дный"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tjažólyj",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "тяжёлый"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tjážkij",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "тя́жкий"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slóžnyj",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "сло́жный"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "sm",
"lang": "Samoan",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "faigatā"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "kaṭhina",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "कठिन"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "doirbh"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "mì-fhurasda"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "cruaidh"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "trom"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "duilich"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "тежак"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "težak"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "amāru",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "අමාරු"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "obtiažny"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ťažký"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "težek"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ćežki"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difícil"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "svår"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "mahirap"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "muškil",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "мушкил"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "dušvor",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "душвор"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "saxt",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "сахт"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "kaṭiṉamāṉa",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "கடினமான"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "qıyen",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "кыен"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "awır",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "авыр"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kaṭhinamaina",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "కఠినమైన"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kaṣṭamaina",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "కష్టమైన"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tet",
"lang": "Tetum",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "susar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yâak",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ยาก"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lam-bàak",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ลำบาก"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "khag po",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ཁག་པོ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "dka' las khag po",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "དཀའ་ལས་ཁག་པོ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "dka' mo",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "དཀའ་མོ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "dka' ngal can",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "དཀའ་ངལ་ཅན"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "waimene"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "āmāskai"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "to",
"lang": "Tongan",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "faingataʻa"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "zor"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "güç"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "müşkül"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "çetin"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "kıyın"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "düşvar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ağır"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "çatak"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "çetin"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "kyn"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "müçgil"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 13 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "važkýj",
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"word": "важки́й"
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/En-uk-difficult.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
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},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/En-us-difficult.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "burdensome"
},
{
"word": "cumbersome"
},
{
"word": "hard"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:difficult",
"word": "challenging"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:difficult",
"word": "difficult"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:difficult",
"word": "effortful"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:difficult",
"word": "rocky"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:difficult",
"word": "tough"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:difficult",
"word": "uneath"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:difficult",
"word": "unsimple"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "moeilik"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "i vështirë"
},
{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "ʾäsčägari",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "አስቸጋሪ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣaʕb",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "صَعْب"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waʕr",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "واعر"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "džvar",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "դժվար"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bard",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "բարդ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "canr",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ծանր"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "tan",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "টান"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difícil"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "çətin"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "düşvar"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "qıyın",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ҡыйын"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "awır",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ауыр"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "nekez"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "cjážki",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ця́жкі"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "trúdny",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "тру́дны"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "koṭhin",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "কঠিন"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Central Bikol",
"raw_tags": [
"Bikol Legazpi"
],
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "dipisil"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Central Bikol",
"raw_tags": [
"Bikol Naga"
],
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "masakit"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "diaes"
},
{
"code": "kxd",
"lang": "Brunei Malay",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "payah"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "trúden",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "тру́ден"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mǎ́čen",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "мъ́чен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "téžǎk",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "те́жък"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hkai:yany:",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ခဲယဉ်း"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hkak",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ခက်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difícil"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "lisud"
},
{
"code": "ccc",
"lang": "Chamicuro",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "yeewa"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "xala",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "хала"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "utsosdi",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ᎤᏦᏍᏗ"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "sdaya",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ᏍᏓᏯ"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "難"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "naan⁴",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "难"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "困難"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "kwan³ naan⁴",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "困难"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "難"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nán",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "难"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "困難"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kùnnán",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "困难"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "艱難"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiānnán",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "艰难"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "難"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"english": "³ne",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "难"
},
{
"code": "ckt",
"lang": "Chukchi",
"roman": "aṇʺačety",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "аӈъачеты"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "qıyın"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "obtížný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "těžký"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "vanskelig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "lastig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "moeilijk"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "qsn",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "q-qs-n:nDs"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "malfacila"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "keeruline"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "torførur"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "vaikea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "hankala"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difficile"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difícil"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "arrevesado"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ʒneli",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ძნელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "rtuli",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "რთული"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mʒime",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "მძიმე"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "schwer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "schwierig"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "aglus",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌿𐍃"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dýskolos",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "δύσκολος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "khalepós",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "χαλεπός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "duskherḗs",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "δυσχερής"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "sapernarpoq"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "kaṭhin",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "કઠિન"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difisil"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kashé",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "קָשֶׁה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mesubbakh",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "מסובך"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kaṭhin",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "कठिन"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "vikaṭ",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "विकट"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "muśkil",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "मुश्किल"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "duśvār",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "दुश्वार"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "nehéz"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "erfiður"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "desfacila"
},
{
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "narigat"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "sukar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "susah"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "sulit"
},
{
"code": "inh",
"lang": "Ingush",
"roman": "xala",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "хала"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difficile"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "deacair"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "anfhurasta"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "anacair"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "of terrain",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "achrannach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "doiligh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difficile"
},
{
"alt": "むずかしい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "muzukashii",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "難しい"
},
{
"alt": "こんなんな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "konnan na",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "困難な"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "puxadu"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "pexóde"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "rabés"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "kaṭ",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ಕಟ್"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qiyn",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "қиын"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "auyr",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ауыр"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "pi’baak",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ពិបាក"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "yap",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "យ៉ាប់"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "eoryeopda",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "어렵다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "himdeulda",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "힘들다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "zeḧmet",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "زەحمەت"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "gran",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "گران"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "sext",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "سەخت"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kıyın",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "кыйын"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "oor",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "оор"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difísil"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "zor"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "nyāk",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ຍາກ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difficilis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "sarežģīts"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "grūts"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "sunkus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "težok",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "тежок"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mačen",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "мачен"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "sukar"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "susah"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "diffiċli"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "doillee"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "creoi"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "trome"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "mooar"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "neuaashagh"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "whēuaua"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "uaua"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "in the extreme",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "taumaha hārukiruki"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "avghaḍ",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "अवघड"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "kaṭhīṇ",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "कठीण"
},
{
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "defícel"
},
{
"code": "mnw",
"lang": "Mon",
"roman": "wāt",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ဝါတ်"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xecüü",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "хэцүү"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xünd",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "хүнд"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "berx",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "бэрх"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xüčir",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "хүчир"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "nantłʼah"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
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"word": "váttis"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "vanskelig"
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "malaisit"
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"code": "cu",
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"masculine"
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"code": "ps",
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"code": "fa",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "دشوار"
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"code": "fa",
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"code": "fa",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "trudny"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ciężki"
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "difícil"
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"code": "pa",
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"roman": "kaṭhin",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ਕਠਿਨ"
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"code": "qu",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "sasa"
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"code": "ro",
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"word": "greu"
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ro",
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "complicat"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
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],
"word": "тру́дный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "тяжёлый"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "сло́жный"
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "faigatā"
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"code": "sa",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "कठिन"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "doirbh"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "mì-fhurasda"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "cruaidh"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "trom"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "duilich"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "тежак"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "težak"
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{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "amāru",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "අමාරු"
},
{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "obtiažny"
},
{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ťažký"
},
{
"code": "sl",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "težek"
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"code": "hsb",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "difícil"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "svår"
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "mahirap"
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{
"code": "tg",
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"word": "мушкил"
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{
"code": "tg",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "душвор"
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{
"code": "tg",
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"code": "ta",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "கடினமான"
},
{
"code": "tt",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
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"code": "tt",
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"roman": "awır",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
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"code": "te",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "కఠినమైన"
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"code": "te",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "కష్టమైన"
},
{
"code": "tet",
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},
{
"code": "th",
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"roman": "yâak",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ยาก"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lam-bàak",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ลำบาก"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "khag po",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ཁག་པོ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "dka' las khag po",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "དཀའ་ལས་ཁག་པོ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "dka' mo",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "དཀའ་མོ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "dka' ngal can",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "དཀའ་ངལ་ཅན"
},
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"code": "txb",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "waimene"
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{
"code": "txb",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "āmāskai"
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{
"code": "to",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "faingataʻa"
},
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "zor"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "güç"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "müşkül"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "çetin"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "kıyın"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "düşvar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "ağır"
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"code": "tk",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
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{
"code": "tk",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
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"code": "tk",
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"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "müçgil"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "važkýj",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "важки́й"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"code": "ur",
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"roman": "muśkil",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "مشکل"
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"code": "ur",
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"roman": "duśvār",
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"code": "ur",
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"code": "ug",
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"roman": "qiyin",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "قىيىن"
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{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "müshkül",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "مۈشكۈل"
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"code": "uz",
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"word": "qiyin"
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"code": "uz",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "khó"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "khó khăn"
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"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "fikulik"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "anodd"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "caled"
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"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "swier"
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"code": "yi",
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"roman": "shver",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "שווער"
},
{
"code": "yi",
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"roman": "harb",
"sense": "hard, not easy",
"word": "האַרב"
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"code": "yo",
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"sense": "hard, not easy",
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"word": "moeilijk"
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"code": "grc",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "make difficult; impede",
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"word": "dificultar"
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