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"roman": "naʕm walā",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "نَعْم وَلَا"
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"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "既肯定又否定"
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"word": "jes kaj ne"
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"word": "kyllä ja ei"
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"word": "네니요"
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"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "i tak, i nie"
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"word": "både ja och nej"
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "naʕm walā",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "نَعْم وَلَا"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "balā wanaʕm",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "بَلَى وَنَعْم"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"english": "no exact equivalent exists",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jì kěndìng yòu fǒudìng",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "既肯定又否定"
},
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"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "ja en nee"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "jes kaj ne"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "kyllä ja ei"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "oui et non"
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"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "si e non"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "jein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "ja und nein"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "igen is, nem is"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "igen is meg nem is"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "is-is"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "nì"
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"code": "ja",
"english": "no exact equivalent exists",
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"roman": "sō to mo ieru shi, sō de nai to mo ieru",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "そうとも言えるし、そうでないとも言える"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"english": "no exact equivalent exists",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geureokido hago anigido hago",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "그렇기도 하고 아니기도 하고"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "neniyo",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"tags": [
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"word": "네니요"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "i tak, i nie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "tak i nie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "sim e não"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "i da i net",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "и да и нет"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "sí y no"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "både ja och nej"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "nja"
},
{
"code": "fy",
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"sense": "indicating there is no simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer",
"word": "ja en nee"
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