二人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二 人
ふた
Grade: 1		 り
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Native Japanese, written with the kanji 二 ("two") + 人 ("person").

Noun

二人 (hiragana ふたり, rōmaji futari, alternative reading ににん, rōmaji ninin)

  1. two people
    二 (ふた)人 (り)の女 (おんな)の子 (こ)が寝 (ね)ています。
    Futari no onnanoko ga neteimasu.
    Two girls are sleeping.
  2. a couple (two partners), they
    二 (ふた)人 (り)で暮 (く)らす
    futari de kurasu
    to live as a couple
  3. (poetic) the two of us, we

Usage notes

The reading ににん is only used in compounds (e.g. 二人称) in modern Japanese.

Derived terms

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