両端 – Vocabulary details

両りょう端たん

Meanings

Noun

1. both ends; either end; both edges

2. double-mindedness; sitting on the fence

when read as "りょうたん"

Kanji used

両

both

端

boundary

Pitch accent

りょ

うたん

りょ

うた

ん

Used in: 967

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

端たん

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

首しゅ鼠そ両りょう端たん

being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence

Examples (1 in total)

このポッキーを両りょう端たんから食たべようか。