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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Belustigung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Freude"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "efthymía",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ευθυμία"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kéfi",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κέφι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "euphrosúnē",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "εὐφροσύνη"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gioia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "allegria"
},
{
"alt": "わらい",
"code": "ja",
"english": "laugh",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "warai",
"sense": "merriment",
"word": "笑い"
},
{
"alt": "あそび",
"code": "ja",
"english": "play",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "asobi",
"sense": "merriment",
"word": "遊び"
},
{
"alt": "よろこび",
"code": "ja",
"english": "joy",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yorokobi",
"sense": "merriment",
"word": "喜び"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanraku",
"sense": "merriment",
"word": "歓楽"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "āhlādaṁ",
"sense": "merriment",
"word": "ആഹ്ലാദം"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Freid"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alegria"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "júbilo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rádostʹ",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ра́дость"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vesélʹje",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "весе́лье"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sogan"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "felicidad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alegría"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "merriment",
"word": "júbilo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "munterhet"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "glädje"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "veselošči",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "веселощі"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "radistʹ",
"sense": "merriment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "радість"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which causes merriment",
"word": "ilo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which causes merriment",
"word": "ilonaihe"
}
],
"word": "mirth"
}
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