ツーショット

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Meanings

noun

two shot (film/TV)

usually written using kana alonefilmtelevision

Film and television term for a shot framing two people, usually from the waist up.

監かん督とくは会かい話わシーンをツーショットで撮とることにした。
The director decided to film the dialogue scene as a two shot.

noun

photo of two people; couple photo

usually written using kana alone

Commonly refers to a photograph of a man and a woman together, often implying a romantic context.

彼かの女じょとプリクラでツーショットを撮とった。
I took a couple photo with my girlfriend in a purikura booth.

noun

being alone together (man and woman)

usually written using kana alone

Describes a situation where a man and a woman are alone together, often with romantic or gossipy overtones.

週しゅう刊かん誌しに二人ふたりのツーショットが載のっていた。
A photo of the two of them alone together appeared in the weekly magazine.

noun

phone dating service (random two-person chat)

usually written using kana aloneabbreviation

Abbreviation of ツーショットダイヤル; a service that randomly connects two callers for a conversation.

昔むかし、ツーショットダイヤルというサービスが流行はやった。
A service called 'two-shot dial' was popular in the past.

ツー・ショット
- ツーショット
  Variant with a middle dot, reflecting the English 'two shot' origin.
- ツー・ショット
２ショット
- ツーショット
  Kanji numeral spelling; occasionally seen but much less common than kana.
- ツー・ショット

ツーショットダイヤル
Full name of the phone dating service; ツーショット is the common abbreviation.

From English 'two shot'. The film/TV sense is a direct borrowing; the other senses developed in Japanese.