二輪
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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二 | 輪 |
に Grade: 1 |
りん Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
Etymology edit
May be from Middle Chinese 二輪 (MC nyijH lwin).
Alternatively, may have been coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 二 (ni, “two”) + 輪 (rin, “wheel; ring”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- two things that are round
- 日月の二輪
- jitsugetsu no nirin
- the two circles / rings / roundnesses of the sun and the moon
- 二輪咲きの百合
- nirinsaki no yuri
- two-circle-blooming lilies → twin-blooming lilies
- 日月の二輪
Derived terms edit
- 二輪車 (nirinsha): a two-wheeled vehicle; a bicycle; a moped, a motorcycle
- 二輪草 (nirinsō): Anemone flaccida, a kind of flower
References edit
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN