See so-so in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "niṣf niṣf",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "نِصْف نِصْف"
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"word": "niin ja näin"
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{
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"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
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{
"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "so la la"
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{
"code": "de",
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{
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"word": "ככה ככה"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "soso"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "so la la"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "so lala"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "káxa káxa",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "ככה ככה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "szoszo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "così così"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "māmā",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "まあまあ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geujeo geuraeyo",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "그저 그래요"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geujeo geureoke",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "그저 그렇게"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "plus minus"
},
{
"code": "lou",
"lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "pokapok"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "mais ou menos"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "assim, assim"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "assim assim, assim-assim"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "așa și așa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ničevó",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "ничего́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ták sebé",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "та́к себе́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "koliko-toliko"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "así así"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "sådär"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ngán-ngán",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "งั้น ๆ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rʉ̂ai-rʉ̂ai",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "เรื่อย ๆ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chə̌əi-chə̌əi",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "เฉย ๆ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "tàm tạm"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "neither well nor poorly",
"word": "felly felly"
}
],
"word": "so-so"
}
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