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"ref": "1981, Frank Rector, The Nazi Extermination of Homosexuals, page 33",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"word": "男子漢"
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{
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"roman": "nánzǐhàn",
"word": "男子汉"
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"word": "大男人"
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"word": "macho"
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"tags": [
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"tags": [
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"word": "macho"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "matcho",
"word": "マッチョ"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "takumashii otoko",
"word": "たくましい男"
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{
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"lang": "Polish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "macho"
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"code": "pt",
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"tags": [
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"word": "macho"
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"roman": "mužík",
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"word": "мужи́к"
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