二人
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[edit] Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
| 二 | 人 |
[edit] Etymology
Native Japanese, written with the Han characters 二 ("two") + 人 ("person").
[edit] Noun
二人 (hiragana ふたり, romaji futari) (alternative reading hiragana ににん, romaji ninin)
- two people
- a couple (two partners), they
- (poetic) the two of us, we
[edit] Usage notes
The reading ににん is only used in compounds (e.g. 二人称) in modern Japanese.
