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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Japanese けん玉 (けんだま, kendama), from 拳 (けん, ken, “game played with the hands; fist”) or 剣 (けん, ken, “sword”) + 玉 (たま, tama, “ball”).",
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"ref": "2017 March 30, Mike Ives, “As Hong Kong Ponders Its Future Under Beijing, Politics Infuses Its Art”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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"sense": "Japanese toy with an attached ball",
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"sense": "Japanese toy with an attached ball",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "Japanese toy with an attached ball",
"word": "劍玉"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiànyù",
"sense": "Japanese toy with an attached ball",
"word": "剑玉"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "Japanese toy with an attached ball",
"word": "劍球"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiànqiú",
"sense": "Japanese toy with an attached ball",
"word": "剑球"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "Japanese toy with an attached ball",
"word": "托球"
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"roman": "kendamá",
"sense": "Japanese toy with an attached ball",
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"word": "קֶנְדָמָה"
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"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "Japanese toy with an attached ball",
"word": "けん玉"
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "Japanese toy with an attached ball",
"word": "拳玉"
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"roman": "kendama",
"sense": "Japanese toy with an attached ball",
"word": "剣玉"
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