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りょう
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Prefix
1. both (hands, parents, sides, etc.)
Counter
2. counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles
Noun
3. ryō; tael; traditional unit of weight (for gold, silver and drugs), 4-5 monme, 15-19 g
4. ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
5. ryō; traditional measure of fabric, 2 tan
6. ryō; tael; unit of weight under the Ritsuryo system, 1/16 kin, 42-43 g
Archaic
Counter
7. counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
Alt. forms
両りょう
77%
リョウ
15%
りょう
6%
Pitch accent
りょ
う
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Used in: 626
Used in vocabulary (118 in total)
both hands; both arms; ten
both political parties
both; both sides; both parties
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Examples (8 in total)
Both nations entered into a war.
How many cars does the Tsubasa have?
Her cheeks turned red.
He mediated between the two parties.
The referee must be fair to both teams.
Tom kissed her on both cheeks.
To avoid confusion, the teams wore different colors.
The train is made up of fifteen cars.