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We found 7 words, 2 kanji, and 2 examples matching '天秤'
Word search: 7 matches
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noun
1. (balance) scales
2. shoulder carrying pole
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Most common form: てんびん秤
noun
balance scale; balance
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noun
Libra (constellation); the Scales
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expression, ichidan verb
1. to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options
2. to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools  (see also: 両天秤を掛ける)
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noun
pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making)  (obscure term)
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Kanji search: 2 matches
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テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ビン   はかり a (measuring) scale   
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ヘイ   ビョウ   たい flat   ひら ordinary; flat   
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eight
カン   dry; drying frame   ひ to get dry   ほ to dry (something), to air   
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grain
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りょう
てん
びん
かけよたってそういきません
You can't have it both ways.
りょうてんびん
両天秤
かけて
しっぱい
失敗
した

Between two stools one falls to the ground.
 
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