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"word": "無感的"
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"sense": "unable to be perceived by the sense",
"word": "insensible"
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"sense": "unable to be perceived by the sense",
"word": "bewusstlos"
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"sense": "unable to be perceived by the sense",
"word": "nicht wahrnehmbar"
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"sense": "unable to be perceived by the sense",
"word": "感じられない"
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"word": "insensible"
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"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "insensible"
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"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "無感的"
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"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "无感的"
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"word": "insensible"
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"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "ἀπαθής"
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"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "無感覚の"
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