"頭が回る" meaning in Japanese

See 頭が回る in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [a̠ta̠ma̠ ɡa̠ ma̠β̞a̠ɾɯ̟]
Etymology: Literally, “the mind rotates”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|the mind rotates}} “the mind rotates”, {{lit|the mind rotates}} Literally, “the mind rotates” Head templates: {{ja-verb|あたま が まわる|head=頭が回る|type=1}} 頭(あたま)が回(まわ)る • (atama ga mawaru) godan (stem 頭(あたま)が回(まわ)り (atama ga mawari), past 頭(あたま)が回(まわ)った (atama ga mawatta)) Forms: 頭が回る [canonical] (ruby: (あたま), (まわ)), atama ga mawaru [romanization], 頭が回り [stem] (ruby: (あたま), (まわ)), 頭が回った [past] (ruby: (あたま), (まわ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 頭が回ら [error-unrecognized-form], あたまがまわら [error-unrecognized-form], atama ga mawara [error-unrecognized-form], 頭が回り [error-unrecognized-form], あたまがまわり [error-unrecognized-form], atama ga mawari [error-unrecognized-form], 頭が回る [error-unrecognized-form], あたまがまわる [error-unrecognized-form], atama ga mawaru [error-unrecognized-form], 頭が回れ [error-unrecognized-form], あたまがまわれ [error-unrecognized-form], atama ga maware [error-unrecognized-form], 頭が回られる [passive], あたまがまわられる [passive], atama ga mawarareru [passive], 頭が回らせる [causative], 頭が回らす [causative], あたまがまわらせる [causative], あたまがまわらす [causative], atama ga mawaraseru [causative], atama ga mawarasu [causative], 頭が回れる [potential], あたまがまわれる [potential], atama ga mawareru [potential], 頭が回ろう [volitional], あたまがまわろう [volitional], atama ga mawarō [volitional], 頭が回らない [negative], あたまがまわらない [negative], atama ga mawaranai [negative], 頭が回らず [continuative, negative], あたまがまわらず [continuative, negative], atama ga mawarazu [continuative, negative], 頭が回ります [formal], あたまがまわります [formal], atama ga mawarimasu [formal], 頭が回った [perfective], あたまがまわった [perfective], atama ga mawatta [perfective], 頭が回って [conjunctive], あたまがまわって [conjunctive], atama ga mawatte [conjunctive], 頭が回れば [conditional, hypothetical], あたまがまわれば [conditional, hypothetical], atama ga mawareba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (chiefly in the negative) able to think straight Related terms: 頭の回転が速い (atama no kaiten ga hayai) (ruby: (あたま), 回転(かいてん), (はや))
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      },
      "expansion": "“the mind rotates”",
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        "1": "the mind rotates"
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      "expansion": "Literally, “the mind rotates”",
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  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "頭が回る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "頭",
          "あたま"
        ],
        [
          "回",
          "まわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawaru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回り",
      "roman": "atama ga mawari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "頭",
          "あたま"
        ],
        [
          "回",
          "まわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回った",
      "roman": "atama ga mawatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "頭",
          "あたま"
        ],
        [
          "回",
          "まわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawaru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga maware",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回られる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawarareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawaraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawarasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回ろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawarō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回らない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawaranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawarimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あたま が まわる",
        "head": "頭が回る",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "頭(あたま)が回(まわ)る • (atama ga mawaru) godan (stem 頭(あたま)が回(まわ)り (atama ga mawari), past 頭(あたま)が回(まわ)った (atama ga mawatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Terms by semantic function"
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "able to think straight"
      ],
      "id": "en-頭が回る-ja-verb-Y4CmnoJ4",
      "links": [
        [
          "think straight",
          "think straight"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in the negative) able to think straight"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the negative"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "atama no kaiten ga hayai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
            [
              "回転",
              "かいてん"
            ],
            [
              "速",
              "はや"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "頭の回転が速い"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ta̠ma̠ ɡa̠ ma̠β̞a̠ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "頭が回る"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "the mind rotates"
      },
      "expansion": "“the mind rotates”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "the mind rotates"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “the mind rotates”",
      "name": "lit"
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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “the mind rotates”.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "頭が回る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "頭",
          "あたま"
        ],
        [
          "回",
          "まわ"
        ]
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      "form": "atama ga mawaru",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "頭が回り",
      "roman": "atama ga mawari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "頭",
          "あたま"
        ],
        [
          "回",
          "まわ"
        ]
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回った",
      "roman": "atama ga mawatta",
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        [
          "頭",
          "あたま"
        ],
        [
          "回",
          "まわ"
        ]
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawaru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga maware",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回られる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawarareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawaraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawarasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回ろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawarō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回らない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawaranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawarimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "頭が回れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あたまがまわれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atama ga mawareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あたま が まわる",
        "head": "頭が回る",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "頭(あたま)が回(まわ)る • (atama ga mawaru) godan (stem 頭(あたま)が回(まわ)り (atama ga mawari), past 頭(あたま)が回(まわ)った (atama ga mawatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "atama no kaiten ga hayai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "頭",
          "あたま"
        ],
        [
          "回転",
          "かいてん"
        ],
        [
          "速",
          "はや"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "頭の回転が速い"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese godan verbs",
        "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese negative polarity items",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "able to think straight"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "think straight",
          "think straight"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in the negative) able to think straight"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the negative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ta̠ma̠ ɡa̠ ma̠β̞a̠ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "頭が回る"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 頭が回る meaning in Japanese (6.0kB)

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  "title": "頭が回る",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "section": "Japanese",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "頭が回る",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "頭が回る",
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}

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  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
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}

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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "頭が回る",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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  "title": "頭が回る",
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}

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