双子(ふたご)

ふたご
noun
twins
1. twins
Two children born at the same birth.
彼女(かのじょ)は双子(ふたご)の母親(ははおや)だ。
She is a mother of twins.
双子(ふたご)なのに全然(ぜんぜん)似(に)ていない。
Even though they're twins, they don't look alike at all.
双子(ふたご)の姉妹(しまい)がクラスにいる。
There are twin sisters in the class.
双子(ふたご)を育(そだ)てるのは大変(たいへん)だが、二人(ふたり)で遊(あそ)んでくれるので助(たす)かる。
Raising twins is hard, but it helps that they play together.
双子(ふたご)の兄弟(きょうだい)は顔(かお)がそっくりで、先生(せんせい)でさえ間違(まちが)えることがある。
The twin brothers look so alike that even their teacher sometimes mistakes one for the other.

双子(ふたご) is the everyday word for twins. Formed from 二(ふた)つ + 子(こ).

TYPES:

Note: 双生児(そうせいじ) is the formal/medical term for twins.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

RELATED:

  • 三つ子(みつご): triplets
  • 四つ子(よつご): quadruplets
  • 双子座(ふたござ): Gemini (zodiac sign)

PROVERB:
三つ子(みつご)の魂(たましい)百(ひゃく)まで — "The character formed by age three lasts to a hundred" (here 三つ子(みつご) means "a three-year-old," not "triplets").

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