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+  "tags": [
+    "LANGUAGE-japanese",
+    "graphical_login_input"
+  ]
+}
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+    }
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+  "tags": [
+    "DESKTOP-gnome",
+    "LANGUAGE-japanese",
+    "desktop_yama_hiragana"
+  ]
+}
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+      "type": "match",
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+    }
+  ],
+  "properties": [],
+  "tags": [
+    "DESKTOP-gnome",
+    "LANGUAGE-japanese",
+    "desktop_yama_kanji"
+  ]
+}
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