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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"word": "Nicht-Spieler-Charakter (NSC or NPC)"
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "неигрово́й персона́ж"
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"masculine"
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
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"A person who does not think for themselves nor make their own decisions."
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"english": "for computer games, but not role-playing games",
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"tags": [
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"word": "personatge no jugador"
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"word": "非玩家角色"
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"word": "ei-pelaaja-hahmo"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"tags": [
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"word": "personnage non-joueur (PNJ)"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"tags": [
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"word": "ordi"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"word": "Nicht-Spieler-Charakter (NSC or NPC)"
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "karakter non-pemain"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"word": "personaggio non giocante (PNG)"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"tags": [
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],
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},
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"tags": [
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"word": "non-player character (NPC)"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "personagem não jogável"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "personaj non-jucător"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neigrovój personáž",
"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "неигрово́й персона́ж"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "personaje no-jugador (NPC)"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"word": "spelledarperson (SLP)"
},
{
"alt": "НІП",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "neihrovýj personáž",
"sense": "character in a role-playing game or computer game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "неігрови́й персона́ж"
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],
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"non-player character"
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}
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