diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values-ja/.gitignore b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values-ja/.gitignore
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index 000000000..1e28ff4b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values-ja/.gitignore
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+/strings.xml