Counter for two long, thin objects such as bottles, pens, trees, or legs. The reading にほん follows the standard counter 本 (ほん) with rendaku.
There are two bottles of beer in the fridge.
この道には桜の木が二本植えてある。
Two cherry trees are planted along this street.
simpleton; henpecked husband; sniveler · two-sworded samurai
two-sworded samurai; wearing two swords
double feature; double bill
Standard kanji spelling for counting two long cylindrical objects.
Numerical variant commonly seen in informal writing, lists, or when space is limited.
Compound of 二 (に, 'two') and the counter 本 (ほん, used for long cylindrical objects). The reading にほん is regular, with 本 keeping its base reading ほん.