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{
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{
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{
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{
"alt": "りんしょくな",
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},
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"code": "nds-de",
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],
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"word": "pennschieterig"
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"code": "ang",
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"sense": "stingy",
"word": "hnēaw"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "pis",
"sense": "stingy",
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},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xasis",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "خسیس"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "skąpy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "mesquinho"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "pão-duro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "ciufút"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "skupój",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "скупо́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skárednyj",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "ска́редный"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "žádnyj",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "жа́дный"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "prižímistyj",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "прижи́мистый"
},
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"code": "sco",
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"sense": "stingy",
"word": "near the bane"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "škrt"
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{
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "stingy",
"word": "mezquino"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "stingy",
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"word": "吝嗇"
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"word": "摳"
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"word": "抠"
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"code": "da",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "stingy",
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{
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"sense": "stingy",
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},
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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{
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{
"code": "fr",
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"word": "chiche"
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{
"code": "fr",
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{
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{
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"word": "φειδωλός"
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{
"code": "ga",
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{
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"word": "吝嗇な"
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"predicative"
],
"word": "인색하다"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "stingy",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "giezig"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "stingy",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "gnietschig"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "stingy",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "gnittschig"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "stingy",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "knickerig"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "stingy",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "neetsch"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "stingy",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "näätsch"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "stingy",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "nehrig"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "stingy",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "nährig"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "stingy",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "netig"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "stingy",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "nötig"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "stingy",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "pennschieterig"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "hnēaw"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "pis",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "پیس"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xasis",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "خسیس"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "skąpy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "mesquinho"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "pão-duro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "ciufút"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skupój",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "скупо́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skárednyj",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "ска́редный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žádnyj",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "жа́дный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prižímistyj",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "прижи́мистый"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "near the bane"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "škrt"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "stingy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lakomý"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "stingy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skúpy"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "mezquino"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "tacaño"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "avaro"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kañjūs",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "کنجوس"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "kamtsonish",
"sense": "stingy",
"word": "קמצניש"
}
],
"word": "miserly"
}
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