Kanji1 / 2
二 kanji
two, two radical (no. 7)
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 2
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ニジ
Kun readings
ふたふたつふたたび
Variant forms
弍Words with 二
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —二正面作戦two-front war
- —第二級殺人second-degree murder (in US, etc. law)
- —二人称単数second-person singular
- —二人称複数second-person plural
- —第二の人生new life (esp. after retirement); postretirement life
- —二次避難所evacuation shelter for people who require additional care (e.g. the elderly and disabled)
- —第二の天性second nature
- —二度見知りawkwardness experienced on subsequent encounters with someone (despite a smooth first encounter)
- —二重ガラスdouble glazing; double-paned glass
- —二チオン酸dithionic acid
- —二分脊椎症spina bifida
- —二拠点生活dual-residence lifestyle (e.g. one in the city and one in the countryside); having a second residence separate from one's workplace
- —海底二万里Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: A Tour of the Underwater World (1870 novel by Jules Verne)
- —捜査第二課Second Investigation Division (of the Japanese police); division responsible for investigating white-collar crimes like fraud, bribery, embezzlement and election violations
- —一も二もなくunhesitatingly
- —一二に及ばずright away; without waiting around
- —三十二分音符32nd note; demisemiquaver
- —二の足を踏むto hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
- —二交替制労働two-shift work program (programme)
- —二酸化ケイ素silicon dioxide; silica