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"sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
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"sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
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"sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
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"sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
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"sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
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"sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
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"sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
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"sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
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"sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
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"sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
"word": "ikävöijä"
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"sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
"word": "ikävöittää"
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"sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
"word": "bramare"
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"sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
"word": "cupio"
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"sense": "to have desire for; to yearn",
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"sense": "to miss",
"word": "盼念"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "verlangen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "ikävöidä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "kaivata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "languir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "sich sehnen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "verlangen"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "ikävöijä"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "ikävöittää"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "akogareru",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "あこがれる"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "akogareru",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "憧れる"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "koishitau",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "恋い慕う"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "desidero"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "sentir saudade"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "ter saudade"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "estar com saudade"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "sentir falta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skučátʹ",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "скуча́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "toskovátʹ",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "тоскова́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žáždatʹ",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "жа́ждать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stremítʹsja",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "стреми́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "echar de menos"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to miss",
"word": "längta tillbaka till"
}
],
"word": "long for"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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