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両 kanji
both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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On readings
リョウ
Kun readings
てるふたつ
Variant forms
两兩Words with 両
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —車両通行帯(car) lane
- —両面テープdouble-sided tape; mounting tape
- —両手のひらboth palms
- —歩兵戦闘車両infantry fighting vehicle
- —両切りタバコplain cigarette
- —両バッテリーpitcher and catcher
- —両対数グラフdouble-logarithmic graph
- —女性専用車両women-only carriage (e.g. on a train)
- —両面ディスクdouble-sided disk
- —爬虫両棲類学herpetology
- —がったり三両even small mistakes can be costly
- —水陸両用軍団Amphibious Corps
- —両院議員総会Joint Plenary Meeting of Party Members of Both Houses of the Diet
- —両天秤をかけるto try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
- —両天秤にかけるto try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
- —盾の両面を見よlook at both sides of the thing; look at both sides of the shield
- —両雄並び立たずif two ride upon a horse, one must sit behind; when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war; two great rivals cannot coexist
- —遠近両用メガネbifocal glasses; bifocals
- —両院合同協議会joint sitting of both houses (parliament, congress)
- —道路運送車両法Act on Vehicles for Road Transportation