Vocabulary

What does 両 (りょう, ryou) mean?

両 (りょう, ryou) means both (hands, parents, sides, etc.).

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Readingりょう
Romajiryou
Part of speechprefix, no-adjective
りょう
ryou

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.)

  1. 1prefix · no-adjective both (hands, parents, sides, etc.)
  2. 2counter counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles
  3. 3noun ryō; tael; traditional unit of weight (for gold, silver and drugs), 4-5 monme, 15-19 g
  4. 4noun ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
  5. 5noun ryō; traditional measure of fabric, 2 tan

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