二人
Japanese
Alternative forms
Kanji in this term | |
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二 | 人 |
ふた Grade: 1 |
り Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Etymology 1
From Old Japanese.
- The most likely derivation is from 二 (futa, “2, two”) + 人 (-ri, counter for persons).
- Alternatively, from 二 (fu, “2, two”, short-form) + 人 (-tari, counter for persons).
- Yet another probable derivation would be a shift from 二 (futa, “2, two”) + 人 (-tari):
- /puta tari/ → */put̚tari/ → /putari/ → /futari/
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
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Noun
- two persons
- a couple, pair
- 二人で暮らす
- futari de kurasu
- to live as a couple
- 二人で暮らす
- (poetic) the two of us, we two
- 711–712, Kojiki, poem 19:
- 阿斯波良能志祁志岐袁夜邇須賀多多美伊夜佐夜斯岐弖和賀布多理泥斯 [Man'yōgana]
- 葦原のしけしき小屋に菅畳いやさや敷きて我がふたり寝し [Modern spelling]
- ashihara no shikeshiki oya ni suga-datami iya saya shikite waga futari neshi
- (please add an English translation of this example)
Usage notes
- Like 一人 (hitori), despite its etymology, furigana notations for this word tend not to use mono-ruby by attaching kana to each kanji (二人), but group-ruby by attaching all the kana to all the kanji as a whole (二人).
Derived terms
Derived terms
Idioms
- 欲と二人連れ (yoku to futari-zure)
Proverbs
- 二人は伴侶,三人は仲間割れ (futari wa hanryo, sannin wa nakamaware)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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二 | 人 |
に Grade: 1 |
にん Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Compound of Middle Chinese elements 二 (ni, “2, two”) + 人 (nin, “man, person”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
Usage notes
The reading is only used in compounds in modern Japanese.
Derived terms
Derived terms
See also
- 両人 (ryōnin, “both people”)
- 一人 (hitori, “one person; loner”)
- 三人 (mitari, “three people”)
- 四人 (yotari, “four people”)
- 五人 (itsutari, “five people”)
- 六人 (mutari, “six people”)
- 十人 (totari, “ten people”)
References
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- Japanese terms spelled with 二 read as ふた
- Japanese terms spelled with 人 read as り
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
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- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- Japanese terms with usage examples
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- Japanese terms spelled with 二 read as に
- Japanese terms spelled with 人 read as にん
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
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