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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sens życia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sentido da vida"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smysl žízni",
"sense": "hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "смысл жи́зни"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "смисао живота"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "smisao života"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zmysel života"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sentido de la vida"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "livets mening"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "meningen med livet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions",
"word": "hayatın anlamı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hypothetical answer to life’s ultimate questions",
"word": "yaşamın anlamı"
}
],
"word": "meaning of life"
}
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