"二人" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɸɯ̟ᵝta̠ɾʲi] Forms: 二人 [canonical] (ruby: (ふた), ()), futari [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. * The most likely derivation is from 二 (futa, “2, two”) + 人 (-ri, counter for persons). * Alternatively, from 二 (fu, “2, two”, short-form) + 人 (-tari, counter for persons). * Yet another probable derivation would be a shift from 二 (futa, “2, two”) + 人 (-tari): *: /puta tari/ → */put̚tari/ → /putari/ → /futari/ Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=ふたり}} Old Japanese, {{suffix|ja|二|人|pos2=counter for persons|sort=ふたり|t1=2, two|tr1=futa|tr2=-ri}} 二 (futa, “2, two”) + 人 (-ri, counter for persons), {{suffix|ja|二|人|pos1=short-form|pos2=counter for persons|sort=ふたり|t1=2, two|tr1=fu|tr2=-tari}} 二 (fu, “2, two”, short-form) + 人 (-tari, counter for persons), {{suffix|ja|二|人|t1=2, two|tr1=futa|tr2=-tari}} 二 (futa, “2, two”) + 人 (-tari) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ふたり}} 二(ふた)人(り) • (futari)
  1. two people Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-二人-ja-noun-4ZPASLzN Disambiguation of People: 100 0 0 0 0
  2. a couple, pair
    Sense id: en-二人-ja-noun-RmagxN~8
  3. (poetic) the two of us, we two Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-二人-ja-noun-FRlmj0fA Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 61 25 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 5 65 20 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 5 5 66 20 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 4 69 18 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 7 7 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 二人口 (futari-guchi) (ruby: 二人(ふたり), (ぐち)), 二人静 (futarishizuka) (ruby: 二人(フタリ), (シズカ)), 二人大名 (Futari Daimyō) (ruby: 二人(ふたり), 大名(だいみょう)), 二人使い (futari-zukai) (ruby: 二人(ふたり), 使(づか)), 二人の主人を一度に持つと (Futari no Shujin o Ichido ni Motsu to) (ruby: 二人(ふたり), 主人(しゅじん), (いち), (), ()), 二人の人間 (Futari no Ningen) (ruby: 二人(ふたり), 人間(にんげん)), 二人のやもめ (Futari no Yamome) (ruby: 二人(ふたり)), 二人乗り (futari-nori) (ruby: 二人(ふたり), ()), 二人袴 (Futari-bakama) (ruby: 二人(ふたり), (ばかま)) Related terms: 欲と二人連れ (yoku to futari-zure) (ruby: (よく), 二人(ふたり), ())
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɲ̟iɲ̟ĩɴ] Forms: 二人 [canonical] (ruby: (), (にん)), ninin [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of Middle Chinese elements 二 (ni, “2, two”) + 人 (nin, “man, person”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|二|人|sort=ににん|t1=2, two|t2=man, person|tr1=ni|tr2=nin}} 二 (ni, “2, two”) + 人 (nin, “man, person”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ににん}} 二(に)人(にん) • (ninin)
  1. two persons
    Sense id: en-二人-ja-noun-2kLZttZZ Categories (other): Japanese terms with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 10 10 31 40 10
  2. a couple, pair
    Sense id: en-二人-ja-noun-RmagxN~81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 二人三脚 (ninin sankyaku) (ruby: 二人(ににん), 三脚(さんきゃく)), 二人称 (nininshō) (ruby: 二人(ににん), (しょう)), 二人道成寺 (Ninin Dōjōji) (ruby: 二人(ににん), 道成寺(どうじょうじ)), 二人乗り (ninin-nori) (ruby: 二人(ににん), ()), 二人羽織 (ninin-baori) (ruby: 二人(ににん), (), (おり)), 二人比丘尼 (Ninin Bikuni) (ruby: 二人(ににん), 比丘尼(びくに)), 二人椀久 (ninin wankyū) (ruby: 二人(ににん), 椀久(わんきゅう)), 同行二人 (dōgyō ninin) (ruby: 同行(どうぎょう), 二人(ににん))
Etymology number: 2 Related terms: 両人 (ryōnin) (ruby: 両人(りょうにん)) (english: both people), 一人一人 (ichinin) (ruby: (ひと), (), (いち), (にん)), 二人二人 (ninin) (ruby: (ふた), (), (), (にん)), 三人三人 (mitari) (ruby: (さん), (にん), (), (たり)), 四人四人四人 (yottari) (ruby: (), (にん), (), (たり), (よっ), (たり)), 五人五人 (itsutari) (ruby: (), (にん), (いつ), (たり)), 六人六人六人 (muyutari) (ruby: (ろく), (にん), (), (たり), (むゆ), (たり)), 七人七人七人 (nanatari) (ruby: (しち), (にん), (なな), (にん), (なな), (たり)), 八人八人 (yatari) (ruby: (はち), (にん), (), (たり)), 九人九人九人 (kokonotari) (ruby: (), (にん), (きゅう), (にん), (ここの), (たり)), 十人十人 (totari) (ruby: (じゅう), (にん), (), (たり)), 二十人廿人二十人廿人 (hatatari) (ruby: (), (じゅう), (にん), 廿(にじゅう), (にん), 二十(はた), (たり), 廿(はた), (たり)), 百人百人 (momotari) (ruby: (ひゃく), (にん), (もも), (たり)), 千人千人 (chitari) (ruby: (せん), (にん), (), (たり)), 一万人万人万人 (bannin) (ruby: (いち), (まん), (にん), (まん), (にん), (ばん), (にん)), 何人幾人幾人 (ikutari) (ruby: (なん), (にん), (いく), (にん), (いく), (たり))

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      "word": "二人は伴侶"
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    {
      "roman": "futari wa hanryo, sannin wa nakamaware",
      "word": "三人は仲間割れ"
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        [
          "二人",
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          "連",
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          "roman": "watashi to futari-kiri",
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          "text": "私と二人きり"
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          "roman": "futari de kurasu",
          "ruby": [
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              "二人",
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            [
              "暮",
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        {
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
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        {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "711–712, Kojiki, (poem 19)",
          "roman": "ashihara no shikeshiki oya ni suga-datami iya saya shikite waga futari neshi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "阿斯波良能",
              "あしはらの"
            ],
            [
              "志祁志岐袁夜邇",
              "しけしきをやに"
            ],
            [
              "須賀多多美",
              "すがたたみ"
            ],
            [
              "伊夜佐夜斯岐弖",
              "いやさやしきて"
            ],
            [
              "和賀",
              "わが"
            ],
            [
              "布多理",
              "ふたり"
            ],
            [
              "泥斯",
              "ねし"
            ],
            [
              "葦原",
              "あしはら"
            ],
            [
              "小屋",
              "をや"
            ],
            [
              "菅",
              "すが"
            ],
            [
              "畳",
              "だたみ"
            ],
            [
              "敷",
              "し"
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            [
              "我",
              "わ"
            ],
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "阿斯波良能志祁志岐袁夜邇須賀多多美伊夜佐夜斯岐弖和賀布多理泥斯 [Man'yōgana]\n葦原のしけしき小屋に菅畳いやさや敷きて我がふたり寝し [Modern spelling]"
        }
      ],
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          "we",
          "we"
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        "(poetic) the two of us, we two"
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      "other": "ふたり"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɸɯ̟ᵝta̠ɾʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "二人"
}

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "二人",
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      "word": "二人羽織"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "二人",
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    {
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          "二人",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        [
          "人",
          "にん"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "other": "ににん"
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      "roman": "yottari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "四",
          "よ"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "四",
          "よ"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "たり"
        ],
        [
          "四",
          "よっ"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "たり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "四人四人四人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "itsutari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "五",
          "ご"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "五",
          "いつ"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "たり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "五人五人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "muyutari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "六",
          "ろく"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "六",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "たり"
        ],
        [
          "六",
          "むゆ"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "たり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "六人六人六人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nanatari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "七",
          "しち"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "七",
          "なな"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "七",
          "なな"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "たり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "七人七人七人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yatari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "八",
          "はち"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "八",
          "や"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "たり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "八人八人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokonotari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "九",
          "く"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "九",
          "きゅう"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "九",
          "ここの"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "たり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "九人九人九人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "totari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "十",
          "じゅう"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "十",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "たり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "十人十人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hatatari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "二",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "十",
          "じゅう"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "廿",
          "にじゅう"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "二十",
          "はた"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "たり"
        ],
        [
          "廿",
          "はた"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "たり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "二十人廿人二十人廿人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "momotari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "百",
          "ひゃく"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "百",
          "もも"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "たり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "百人百人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chitari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "千",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "千",
          "ち"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "たり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "千人千人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bannin",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "一",
          "いち"
        ],
        [
          "万",
          "まん"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "万",
          "まん"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "万",
          "ばん"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "一万人万人万人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikutari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "何",
          "なん"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "幾",
          "いく"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "幾",
          "いく"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "たり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "何人幾人幾人"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "two persons"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a couple, pair"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "couple",
          "couple"
        ],
        [
          "pair",
          "pair"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ににん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟iɲ̟ĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Middle Chinese"
  ],
  "word": "二人"
}
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  "path": [
    "二人"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "二人",
  "trace": ""
}

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