二人（ふたり）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 3)
Meaning: two people
Example sentences
- 週末、二人で映画を見た。 — The two of us watched a movie over the weekend.
- あの二人はとても仲がいい。 — Those two get along really well.
Idioms & proverbs containing “二人”
- 二人三脚 (ににんさんきゃく) — three-legged race
- 二人は伴侶、三人は仲間割れ (ふたりははんりょ、さんにんはなかまわれ) — two is a company, three is a crowd; one companion is better than two
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “二人” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)