両手 – Vocabulary details

両りょう手て

Meanings

Noun

1. both hands; both arms

2. ten

from the number of fingers on both hands; used as secret jargon

Kanji used

両

both

手

hand

Pitch accent

りょ

うて

Used in: 3960

Composed of

両りょう

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

手て

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

Used in vocabulary (5 in total)

両りょう手てをつく

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

両りょう手てを突つく

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

両りょう手てに花はな

two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women

2 more...

Examples (11 in total)

両りょう手てでつかんでいなさい。

Hold it with both hands.

両りょう手てを椅い子すに縛しばられました。

They tied my hands to the chair.

花か瓶びんは両りょう手てで持もちなさい。

Hold the vase in both hands.