See nigiri in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "握んにゅい"
},
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},
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"word": "握ゆん"
},
{
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"word": "握んじゅん"
},
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"roman": "mingyui",
"word": "握ぎゅい"
},
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"word": "握ゆい"
},
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"word": "握んぎゅん"
}
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},
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},
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"word": "握ーるん"
}
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}
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[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ninkiru"
]
],
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},
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}
],
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"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nigiri",
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},
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},
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"to grasp"
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]
],
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}
],
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}
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"word": "握んぎゅり"
},
{
"lang": "Okinawan",
"lang_code": "ryu",
"roman": "nijiyun",
"word": "握ゆん"
},
{
"lang": "Okinoerabu",
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"roman": "minjun",
"word": "握んじゅん"
},
{
"lang": "Tokunoshima",
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"roman": "mingyui",
"word": "握ぎゅい"
},
{
"lang": "Tokunoshima",
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"word": "握ゆい"
},
{
"lang": "Yoron",
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}
],
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},
{
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}
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}
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"Proto-Ryukyuan terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
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],
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],
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],
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}
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