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},
{
"alt": "いいだしっぺ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iidashippe",
"sense": "one who initiates",
"word": "言い出しっ屁"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "one who initiates",
"word": "pemula"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iniciátor",
"sense": "one who initiates",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "инициа́тор"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osnovopolóžnik",
"sense": "one who initiates",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "основополо́жник"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "chemistry: substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization",
"word": "käynnistäjä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "chemistry: substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Initiator"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "military: component of a nuclear weapon",
"word": "laukaisin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "medicine: material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer",
"word": "käynnistäjä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "medicine: material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer",
"word": "initiaattori"
}
],
"word": "initiator"
}
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