Keyword
pair
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 3
Heisig753
Old form雙
Readings
そう
(70%)
ふた
(24%)
すご
(1%)
すぐ
(1%)
Composed of
once again
once again
Used in kanji (5 in total)
mend
sip
mulberry
rice-field footpath
Used in vocabulary (177 in total)
both parties; both sides
twins; twin
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
binoculars; field glasses
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
(wielding) dual swords (esp. in fiction); twin swords; pair of Chinese straight swords wielded simultaneously (oft. sharing a single scabbard)
breasts; buttocks; (lit.) two hills
double-headed
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
two-way; bidirectional; interactive
(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels
both eyes; binocular
peerless; unequaled; unequalled
pair of single-edged swords; dual blades; twin swords
both hands
double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife); double-edged blade
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
two-motored
to be a match for; to rival; to be equal to
to be a match for; to rival; to be equal to
Gemini (constellation); the Twins
style of sword fighting
both labor and management; both the workers and the employers
unparalleled in history
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
double-headed eagle (symbol of heraldry)
(a person of) unrivaled physical strength
amphiaster; diaster; double star; visual double
two arms; both arms
distinguished person; thirteen orphans; winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile plus one extra copy of any of them
pair (esp. of folding screens)
two trees; sal tree (Shorea robusta); saul
two-way communication; bidirectional communication
hyperbola; hyperbolic curve
having two poles; bipolar
bidirectionality; interactivity
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
twin-engine aircraft; twin-engine plane
double-hull boat; catamaran
bearing twins; twins
nunchaku (two linked fighting sticks); nunchucks
pair of hanging scrolls
ban-sugoroku board (usu. wooden); sugoroku board
the Double Tenth; October 10th Chinese national holiday
sugoroku; e-sugoroku; Japanese illustrated board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track
Pisces (12th zodiacal sign); the Fish; the Fishes
two-humped; two-peaked; bimodal
ezōshi shop; Edo-period shop selling picture books, wood prints, etc.
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
(in Japan) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G); sōjō mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
(openable) panel in a door
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
ezōshi (Edo-period illustrated story book)
ban-sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
both parents
genius shows from childhood; (lit.) the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout
being unsurpassed (unparalleled) at present
bilaterality (e.g. of a contract); two-sidedness (e.g. of a treaty)
series (of publications); library (set of books)
double happiness (Chinese ornamental symbol)
unparalleled in the whole country
of peerless loyalty and bravery
dicotyledon; dicot
Gemini (3rd zodiacal sign); the Twins
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
Dynasty Warriors (video game series)
inner-thigh-propping twist down
(a woman of) unparalleled beauty; (a woman's beauty being) matchless throughout the land
twin pregnancy; twin (fetus)
twin paradox (thought experiment)
(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels
Dynasty Warriors (video game series)
Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)
outer-thigh-propping twist down
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
granulated sugar; brown sugar
hermaphrodite; androgyny; hermaphroditism; hermaphroditic female characters
hermaphrodite; androgyny; hermaphroditism; hermaphroditic female characters
deep double underarm grip which prevents the opponent from grabbing the belt
Japanese sardinella (Sardinella zunasi)
granulated sugar
Futabasaurus suzukii (species of plesiosaur)
Dynasty Warriors (video game series)
Dynasty Warriors (video game series)
dipterocarp (any plant of genus Dipterocarpus)
wait to turn either of two pairs into a three-of-a-kind to finish one's hand
wait to turn either of two pairs into a three-of-a-kind to finish one's hand
cloven foot
cloven-hoofed animal
twin-boom aircraft; twin-fuselage aircraft
two-humped camel; Bactrian camel
interactive program; interactive programme
making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric
making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric
in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and the index and middle fingers
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays
bistable trigger circuit; flip-flop
bistable (trigger) circuit; flip-flop
pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae)
Diapsida (class of amniotes)
twin talk; twin speech; cryptophasia; idioglossia
wait to turn either of two pairs into a pung to finish one's hand
wait to turn either of two pairs into a pung to finish one's hand
unparalleled in Japan, China and India
repeated initials (in Chinese poetry); recurring initials
dual; dual number
two-wheeled vehicle
morote gari (judo takedown); two-hand reap
dipole antenna; dipole; doublet antenna
double summit; twin peaks; twin-peaked mountain
two ply yarn
Examples (58 in total)
Those two boys are twins.
The twin brothers look exactly alike.
The twins look exactly alike.