双生児
Meanings
1
Refers to twins, often used in medical, biological, or formal contexts. In everyday conversation, 双子 (ふたご) is more common.
Twin studies provide important data for genetics.
She gave birth to twins.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉が双生児を出産するfor someone to give birth to twins
She gave birth to twins last month.
- 双生児として生まれるto be born as twins
The two of them were born as twins.