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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "kial ne"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "hví ikki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "miksipä ei"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "mikä ettei"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "mikä jottei"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "mikäpäs siinä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "vois"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "pourquoi pas"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "warum nicht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "wieso nicht"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "láma ló",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "לָמָּה לֹא"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "miért ne"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "af hverju ekki"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "hví ekki"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "perché no"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mochiron",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "もちろん"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "quid ni"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "hvorfor ikke"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čerâ ke na?",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "چرا که نه؟"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "por que não"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počemú by i net",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "почему́ бы и нет"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"note": "carson nach + verb",
"sense": "state one has no objection"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "зашто да не"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zašto da ne"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "zakaj pa ne"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "por qué no"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "varför inte"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "neden olmasın"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čomú b i ní",
"sense": "state one has no objection",
"word": "чому́ б і ні́"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yàobù",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "要不"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "hvorfor ikke"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "miksi ei"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "pourquoi ne pas"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "af hverju ekki"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "quid ni"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "dooísh léiʼ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "hvorfor ikke"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "czemu nie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "dlaczego nie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "może by"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "por que não"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počemú by ne",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "почему́ бы не"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "por qué no"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "introduce a proposal",
"word": "varför inte"
}
],
"word": "why not"
}
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