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"roman": "hidari no",
"sense": "of the left",
"word": "左の"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of the left",
"word": "sinistro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of the left",
"word": "sestro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of the left",
"word": "esquerdo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naxodjáščijsja sléva",
"sense": "of the left",
"word": "находя́щийся сле́ва"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of the left",
"word": "siniestro"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "eḍama",
"sense": "of the left",
"word": "ఎడమ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ljav",
"sense": "heraldic \"left\"",
"word": "ляв"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "heraldic \"left\"",
"word": "sinister"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "heraldic \"left\"",
"word": "heraldisk venstre"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "heraldic \"left\"",
"word": "vasen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "heraldic \"left\"",
"word": "vasta-"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "heraldic \"left\"",
"word": "sénestre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "heraldic \"left\"",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "linker"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "heraldic \"left\"",
"word": "sinistra"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "heraldic \"left\"",
"word": "siniestro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "heraldic \"left\"",
"word": "izquierdo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "heraldic \"left\"",
"word": "sinister"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "heraldic \"left\"",
"word": "vänster"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sinister"
],
"word": "sinister"
}
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