See erogenous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "xìng mǐngǎn de",
"sense": "sensitive to sexual arousal",
"word": "性敏感的"
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"word": "erotogenní"
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"sense": "sensitive to sexual arousal",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "sensitive to sexual arousal",
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"word": "erogenny"
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"word": "эроге́нный"
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"roman": "yǐnqǐ xìngyù de",
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