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"word": "両"
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"sense": "any of various related East Asian units of weight",
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"sense": "any of various related East Asian units of weight",
"word": "tahil"
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"sense": "any of various related East Asian units of weight",
"word": "ตำลึง"
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"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "srang",
"sense": "any of various related East Asian units of weight",
"word": "སྲང"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "any of various related East Asian units of weight",
"word": "lạng"
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