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"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "kage no seifu",
"sense": "government-in-waiting that is prepared to take control",
"word": "影の政府"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "geurimja jeongbu",
"sense": "government-in-waiting that is prepared to take control",
"word": "그림자 정부"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "government-in-waiting that is prepared to take control",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "skyggeregjering"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "government-in-waiting that is prepared to take control",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rząd cieni"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "government-in-waiting that is prepared to take control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "governo sombra"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "tenevóje pravítelʹstvo",
"sense": "government-in-waiting that is prepared to take control",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "тенево́е прави́тельство"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "government-in-waiting that is prepared to take control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gobierno en la sombra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "government-in-waiting that is prepared to take control",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skuggregering"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "tinʹovýj úrjad",
"sense": "government-in-waiting that is prepared to take control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тіньови́й у́ряд"
}
],
"word": "shadow government"
}
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