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: 3959

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

両りょう手て利きき

ambidexter; ambidexterity

両りょう手て鍋なべ

pot with two handles

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.