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"word": "كِيتْسُونِه"
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"sense": "Japanese fox spirit",
"word": "狐"
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"sense": "Japanese fox spirit",
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"sense": "Japanese fox spirit",
"word": "kicuneo"
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"sense": "Japanese fox spirit",
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"sense": "Japanese fox spirit",
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"sense": "Japanese fox spirit",
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"sense": "Japanese fox spirit",
"word": "妖狐"
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tenko",
"sense": "Japanese fox spirit",
"word": "天狐"
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kicheune",
"sense": "Japanese fox spirit",
"word": "키츠네"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "Japanese fox spirit",
"word": "kicune"
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"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "kitsune",
"sense": "Japanese fox spirit",
"tags": [
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"word": "कित्सुने"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kitsune",
"sense": "Japanese fox spirit",
"word": "کیتسونه"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kicúnɛ",
"sense": "Japanese fox spirit",
"word": "кицу́нэ"
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"sense": "Japanese fox spirit",
"tags": [
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"word": "kitsune"
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"word": "kitsune"
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