双

Meaning

双 centers on the idea of two things that belong together: a pair, a set, or a matched comparison. The counter sense is a natural extension for counting paired items.

• 双子ふたご
  N3

  twins; twin

• 双方そうほう
  N1

  both parties; both sides

• 無双むそう

  peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; matchless

• 双そう
  N1

  pair

• 双葉ふたば

  seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; sprout

• 双方向そうほうこう

  two-way; bidirectional; interactive

• 双極そうきょく

  having two poles; bipolar

• 双眼鏡そうがんきょう

  binoculars; field glasses

• 双眼そうがん

  both eyes; binocular

• 双頭そうとう

  double-headed

• 双璧そうへき

  (two) matchless things; (two) matchless people

• 双生児そうせいじ

  twins

• 双六すごろく

  race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track)

• 国士無双こくしむそう

  distinguished person

• 一卵性双生児いちらんせいそうせいじ

  identical twins

• 双対そうつい

  duality

• 双発そうはつ

  two-motored

• シャム双生児シャムそうせいじ

  Siamese twins

• 一双いっそう

  pair (esp. of folding screens)

• 三国無双さんごくぶそう

  unparalleled in Japan, China and India

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