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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "-eul wihaeseo",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "을 위해서"
},
{
"alt": "follows a noun with -에 or a nominalized clause",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ttaemun-e",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "때문에"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "poradi",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "поради"
},
{
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "verč",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "верч"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "be-xâter",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "بخاطر"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "be jehat",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "به جهت"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "barâye",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "برای"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "na"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "dla"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "pelo bem de"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "barāē",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "ਬਰਾਏ"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "laī",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "ਲਈ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "because of",
"tags": [
"with-genitive"
],
"word": "de dragul"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rádi",
"sense": "because of",
"tags": [
"with-genitive"
],
"word": "ра́ди"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dlja",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "для"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "airson"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "because of",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "son"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "air sgàth"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "kvôli"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "por amor a"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "en nombre de"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "uğruna"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zarády",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "зара́ди"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dlja",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "для"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "er mwyn"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "lekoved",
"sense": "because of",
"word": "לכּבֿוד"
}
],
"word": "for the sake of"
}
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