りょう
Ryou
両 (Ryou) is a Japanese prefix meaning “both (hands, parents, sides, etc.), counter for carriages (e.g. in a train), counter for vehicles, ryō”.
Meanings
- prefix, adjectival nounboth (hands, parents, sides, etc.)
- countercounter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles
- nounryō; tael; traditional unit of weight (for gold, silver and drugs), 4-5 monme, 15-19 g
- nounryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
- nounryō; traditional measure of fabric, 2 tan
- nounryō; tael; unit of weight under the ritsuryō system, 1/16 kin, 42-43 g
Examples
列車は１５両編成だ。
The train is made up of fifteen cars.
両国家は戦争を始めた。
Both nations entered into a war.
彼女は両膝に肘をのせた。
She put her elbows on her knees.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).