両軍(りょうぐん)

りょうぐん
noun
both armies; both teams
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1. both armies; both sides; both teams
Both of two opposing armies, or in sports reporting both of two competing teams.
両軍(りょうぐん)が激突(げきとつ)した。
The two armies clashed.
両軍(りょうぐん)無得点(むとくてん)のまま試合(しあい)が進(すす)んだ。
The game went on with neither team scoring.
関(せき)ヶ原(はら)の戦(たたか)いでは、東西(とうざい)両軍(りょうぐん)合(あ)わせて十数万(じゅうすうまん)の兵(へい)が集(あつ)まったと言(い)われる。
At the Battle of Sekigahara, the eastern and western armies together are said to have numbered well over a hundred thousand soldiers.

Used in history and war reporting, and in sports writing, especially baseball.

Common collocations

  • 両軍(りょうぐん)無得点(むとくてん): neither team has scored
  • 東西(とうざい)両軍(りょうぐん): the eastern and western armies (or teams)
  • 両軍(りょうぐん)の兵力(へいりょく): the strength of both armies

Similar words

  • 両(りょう)チーム: both teams; the everyday word in sports
  • 両陣営(りょうじんえい): both camps (in politics or a dispute)
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Added 2026.10.13 22:11 · Revised 2026.10.13 22:13
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