ツイン

noun

twin; paired twin-style item

Loanword-style noun or modifier meaning a twin or something arranged as a pair. For human twins in everyday Japanese, 双子 is usually more ordinary than ツイン.

• このバンドはツインボーカルで有ゆう名めいだ。

  This band is famous for having twin vocalists.

• 彼かれらは英えい語ご風ふうにツインと呼よばれることもある。

  They are sometimes called twins in the English-style way.

noun

twin room; room for two

Hotel abbreviation of ツインルーム. In Japanese hotel usage this commonly means a room for two people, often with two separate beds; it is distinct from ダブル when bed type matters.

See also: ツインルーム

• 今こん夜やはツインを一ひと部屋へや予よ約やくしました。

  I reserved one twin room for tonight.

• シングルではなくツインに泊とまりたいです。

  I'd like to stay in a twin room, not a single.