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"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"tags": [
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"sense": "the quality of being fond",
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"word": "láska"
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{
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"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "slabost"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "affection"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "caithis"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "gile"
},
{
"alt": "すき suki",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"word": "好き"
},
{
"alt": "このみ konomi",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"word": "好み"
},
{
"alt": "しこう shikō",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"word": "嗜好"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"word": "kanehetanga"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "néžnostʹ",
"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "не́жность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ljubóvʹ",
"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "любо́вь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "privjázannostʹ",
"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"tags": [
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"word": "привя́занность"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "dèidh"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the quality of being fond",
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"word": "apego"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"word": "querencia"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ljubóv",
"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"word": "любо́в"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nížnistʹ",
"sense": "the quality of being fond",
"word": "ні́жність"
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