比ひ翼よく

noun

wings abreast; flying wing to wing

Describes birds flying side by side, often used metaphorically for close companionship or a couple. Common in the compound 比翼連理 (eternal love).

• 二に羽わの鶴つるが比ひ翼よくで空そらを舞まっていた。

  Two cranes were dancing in the sky, wing to wing.

noun

single garment made to look double

A traditional clothing term for a garment constructed to appear as if it is layered or double, often seen in historical or theatrical contexts.

• 能のう装しょう束ぞくには比ひ翼よく仕じ立たての着き物ものが用もちいられることがある。

  In Noh costumes, garments made in the single-garment-double-look style are sometimes used.