両

Meaning

両 centers on the idea of a pair or two things together: both, two, or a matched set. The counter for carriages and the old coin sense are specific applications of this paired or double concept.

• 両りょう
  N2

  both (hands, parents, sides, etc.)

• 両方りょうほう
  N4

  both; both sides; both parties

• 車両しゃりょう
  N1

  (wheeled) vehicle; car; (railroad) car; (railway) carriage; rolling stock

• 両親りょうしん
  N5

  parents; both parents

• 両手りょうて
  N1

  both hands; both arms

• 両者りょうしゃ
  N1

  pair; the two; both persons; both things

• 両立りょうりつ
  N2

  compatibility; coexistence; standing together

• 両国りょうこく

  both countries

• 両面りょうめん
  N1

  both sides; two sides; double-sided

• 両側りょうがわ
  N2

  both sides

• 両足りょうあし

  both feet

• 両論りょうろん

  both arguments; both opinions

• 両替りょうがえ
  N4

  change; money exchange

• 両端りょうたん
  N1

  both ends; either end; both edges

• 両日りょうじつ

  both days; two days

• 両院りょういん

  both houses of parliament; both upper and lower house

• 両氏りょうし

  both persons

• 両輪りょうりん

  two wheels

• 両翼りょうよく

  both wings; both flanks

• 両雄りょうゆう

  two great men

• 両党りょうとう

  both (political) parties

• 十両じゅうりょう

  second highest division; wrestlers of the second highest division

• 両軍りょうぐん

  both armies

• 両岸りょうがん

  both banks (of a river)

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