prefix, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
both; the two
Prefix or no-adjective meaning 'both' or 'the two', used with paired items like hands, parents, sides, etc.
両親は旅行に行っています。
Both of my parents are on a trip.
両手に花を持っている。
She is holding flowers in both hands.
counter
counter for vehicles; counter for train cars
Counter for vehicles, especially train cars or carriages. Also used for other vehicles in some contexts.
See also: 輛 (りょう)
この電車は8両編成です。
This train is made up of eight cars.
駐車場には車が3両止まっている。
Three vehicles are parked in the parking lot.
noun
Traditional unit of weight for gold, silver, and drugs, roughly 15–19 g (4–5 monme).
See also: 匁 (もんめ)
この金貨は1両の重さがある。
This gold coin weighs one ryō.
noun
Pre-Meiji currency unit, originally the value of one ryō of gold.
江戸時代、1両は大金だった。
In the Edo period, one ryō was a large sum of money.
noun
Traditional measure of fabric, equal to 2 tan.
See also: 反 (たん)
一反の布は約0.5両にあたる。
One tan of cloth is about half a ryō.
noun
Archaic unit of weight under the ritsuryō system, 1/16 kin, about 42–43 g.
See also: 斤
律令制では、1両は約42グラムと定められていた。
Under the ritsuryō system, one ryō was set at about 42 grams.
counter
counter for suits of clothing, armor sets
Archaic counter for suits of clothing or sets of armor. Now obsolete.
See also: 領 (りょう)
古文書には「鎧一両」と記されている。
In old documents, it is written as 'one ryō of armor'.