両手 – Vocabulary details

両りょう手て

Meanings

Noun

1. both hands; both arms

両りょう手てでしっかり持もってください。Please hold it firmly with both hands.

2. ten

from the number of fingers on both hands; used as secret jargon

Kanji used

両

both

手

hand

Pitch accent

りょ

うて

Used in: 4430

Composed of

両りょう

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

手て

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

Used in vocabulary (10 in total)

両りょう手てをつく

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

両りょう手てを突つく

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

両りょう手てに花はな

two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women

両りょう手て利きき

ambidexterity; ambidextrous person

両りょう手て鍋なべ

pot with two handles

両りょう手てきき

ambidexterity; ambidextrous person

両りょう手てのひら

both palms

両りょう手て足あし

both hands and feet; all four limbs

両りょう手ての平ひら

both palms

両りょう手て両りょう足あし

both hands and both feet; all four limbs

Examples (56 in total)

両りょう手てでつかんでいなさい。

Hold it with both hands.

耳みみを両りょう手てで塞ふさぎたい。

I want to cover my ears with both hands.

両りょう手てを胸むねに押おし当あてた。

I pressed both hands against my chest.