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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "like",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sympathie"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "like",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Geschmack"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "like",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vorliebe"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "like",
"word": "ízlés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "like",
"word": "tetszés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "like",
"word": "kedv"
},
{
"alt": "このみ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "konomi",
"sense": "like",
"word": "好み"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "heva",
"sense": "like",
"word": "هوا"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "like",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gosto"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "like",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "plac"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sklónnostʹ",
"sense": "like",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "скло́нность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pristrástije",
"sense": "like",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пристра́стие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ljubóvʹ",
"sense": "like",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "любо́вь"
},
{
"alt": "к чему́-либо",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vkus",
"sense": "like",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вкус"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "simpátija",
"sense": "like",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "симпа́тия"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predraspolóžennostʹ",
"sense": "like",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "предрасполо́женность"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "like",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gusto"
}
],
"word": "liking"
}
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