二つ（ふたつ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 3)
Meaning: two (things)
Example sentences
- 机の上に箱が二つある。 — There are two boxes on the desk.
- 二つの中から好きなほうを選ぶ。 — Choose whichever you like better of the two.
Idioms & proverbs containing “二つ”
- 人を呪わば穴二つ (ひとをのろわばあなふたつ) — curses come home to roost; if you curse someone, dig two graves
- 瓜二つ (うりふたつ) — exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
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