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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)
On readings
リョウ
Kun readings
てるふたつ
Variant forms
两兩Words with 両
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —義両親parents-in-law
- —両取りfork (e.g. in chess or shogi); situation in which two (or more) pieces are attacked at the same time
- —両先手double sente; move that is sente for either player
- —両後手double gote; move that is gote for either player
- —両コウdouble ko
- —両眼視binocular vision
- —両手足both hands and feet; all four limbs
- —一挙両得killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
- —一刀両断cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
- —賛否両論arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews
- —車両縦隊military convoy
- —衆参両院both houses of the Diet
- —水陸両用amphibious
- —千両役者star (actor); prima donna; leading figure
- —両蓋時計hunting-case watch
- —両極地方polar areas
- —両手に花two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women
- —両手利きambidexterity; ambidextrous person
- —両部神道Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation; dual-aspect Shinto
- —両面刷りprinting on both sides