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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "olōukik",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "অলৌকিক"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zrelišten",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "зрелищен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "espectacular"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "引人入勝的"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jan⁵ jan⁴ jap⁶ sing³",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "引人入胜的"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "引人入勝的"
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"roman": "yǐnrénrùshèng de",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "引人入胜的"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "壯觀"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "zhuàngguān",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "壮观"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "yǐnrénzhùyì de",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "引人注意的"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "loistava"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "loistelias"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "mahtava"
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"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "spectaculaire"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
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"feminine",
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"word": "espectacular"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "spektakulär"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "theamatikós",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "θεαματικός"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "látványos"
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"alt": "はなばなしい",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "hanabanashii",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "華華しい"
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"alt": "そうだいな",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "壮大な"
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{
"alt": "そうかんな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "壮観な"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nunbusin",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "눈부신"
},
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"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "ard-hilleydagh"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "spektakulær"
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "spektakulær"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "espetacular"
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"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "spectaculos"
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"code": "ro",
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"word": "spectacular"
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"code": "ro",
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"word": "de spectacol"
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"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "эффе́ктный"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "импоза́нтный"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "я́ркий"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uvlekátelʹnyj",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "увлека́тельный"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaxvátyvajuščij",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "захва́тывающий"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "espectacular"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "spektakulär"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "muhteşem"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "amazing or worthy of special attention",
"word": "ngoạn mục"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "related to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment",
"word": "näyttävä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "related to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment",
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zréliščnyj",
"sense": "related to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment",
"word": "зре́лищный"
}
],
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}
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"ref": "1966, Hanley Norins, The Compleat Copywriter",
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[
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