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"word": "adel forpligter"
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"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
"word": "noblesse oblige"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
"word": "aateluus velvoittaa"
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"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
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"word": "noblesse oblige"
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"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
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"word": "Adel verpflichtet"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
"word": "a nemesség kötelez"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
"word": "a név kötelez"
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"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
"tags": [
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"word": "noblesse oblige"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "noburesu oburīju",
"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
"word": "ノブレス・オブリージュ"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nobeulleseu obeulliju",
"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
"word": "노블레스 오블리주"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
"word": "xanedanî xwastin"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
"tags": [
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"word": "noblièche oblyige"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
"word": "adel forplikter"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
"word": "szlachectwo zobowiązuje"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "noblesse oblige"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
"tags": [
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"word": "noblețea obligă"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "noblés oblíž",
"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
"tags": [
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"word": "нобле́с обли́ж"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
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"word": "плѐмство обавезује"
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"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
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"word": "plèmstvo obavezuje"
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"sense": "the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank",
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