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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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リョウ
Kun readings
てるふたつ
Variant forms
两兩Words with 両
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —首鼠両端を持すto be unable to make up one's mind; to sit on the fence
- —ラッピング車両railroad car covered in wrap advertising
- —有声両唇閉鎖音voiced bilabial stop; voiced bilabial plosive
- —有声両唇破裂音voiced bilabial plosive; voiced bilabial stop
- —天皇皇后両陛下Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress
- —向こう三軒両隣one's nearest neighbors; houses in one's immediate neighborhood; the three houses across the street and the two houses on either side of one's house
- —目元千両口元万両(woman with) beautiful eyes and mouth
- —日本車両検査協会Japan Vehicle Inspection Association; VIA
- —入出力両用ファイルinput-output file
- —両棲amphibious; amphibian
- —罔両all kinds of spirits and goblins
- —両両both; two each
- —両肌both bare shoulders; stripped to the waist
- —両取fork (e.g. in chess or shogi); situation in which two (or more) pieces are attacked at the same time
- —両劫double ko
- —両掌both palms
- —両頰both cheeks
- —両脚器pair of compasses; compass
- —両想いmutual love
- —両隣りboth sides (on the left and right); both neighbours