二度・2度|にどnido

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Which spelling to use
二度二度 is the most common written form and the recommended choice for beginners. It is written entirely in kanji.
2度2度 is a less common written variant, combining the numeral 2 with the kanji 度; beginners should use 二度 instead.
Definitions
  1. nountwo times; twice
    1度いちどや2度どの失敗しっぱいはだれにでもある。↗
    Everybody fails once or twice.
  2. nountwo degrees
    The front-roller thrust angle is 2 degrees, probably there were plans to strengthen that angle a little when racing.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related再びふたたびWrittenWritten-style adverb for doing something a second time. 「二度」 is a noun counting two occurrences or two degrees of temperature or angle, and appears in 「二度と〜ない」.
  • Related改めてあらためてNeutralSuggests doing something on another occasion, or doing it anew or formally, as in 「改めて連絡します」. 「二度」 is simply a noun for the number of times.
  • RelatedまたNeutralThe most common everyday word for again or also. 「二度」 refers specifically to two times.
  • Related重ねてかさねてWrittenFormal written word for repeating something, as in 「重ねてお詫び申し上げます」. 「二度」 is a noun meaning two times or the second time.
  • RelatedまたまたCasualColloquial for yet again, with a there-you-go-again tone. 「二度」 is a noun stating the number of times.
  • RelatedまたしてもNeutralYet again, tinged with annoyance or surprise, as in 「又しても失敗」. 「二度」 is a plain noun carrying no such tone.
  • RelatedまたぞろWrittenWritten word for yet again, often tinged with irritation; in everyday speech say 「また」.
  • RelatedまたもやNeutralOnce again, with a tone of surprise or exclamation. 「二度」 is a noun with no such coloring.
  • RelatedまたもWrittenAn emphatic form of 「また」 that leans toward written style. 「二度」 is a noun.

Use 「二度」 to count two occurrences, or in 「二度と〜ない」 for never again. For saying again: 「また」 in everyday speech, 「再び」 in writing, 「重ねて」 in formal prose, 「又しても」 with annoyance, 「改めて」 for another occasion, 「又々」 colloquially.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 二に回かい。同おなじことが繰り返くりかえしなされるときの二に番目ばんめの回かい。
  2. 温度おんど、角度かくどを表あらわす単位たんい「度ど」二ふたつ分ぶんの大おおきさ。
  3. (音楽おんがく)楽譜がくふ上じょう、隣となりの高たかさに書かかれる2つの音おとの音程おんてい。
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