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19 二枚舌 Forked Tongue

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Meaning

Primary

Forked Tongue

Alternative

Duplicity

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

You have two flat objects that make up your tongue. What kind of tongue is made up of two of anything? That's a tongue that's split, that's a forked tongue.

Reading

にまいじた

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. That's the case for the first two kanji, but 舌 actually uses the kun'yomi. Not only that, it's read here as じた, and not した.

Context

Context Sentences

政治家達の二枚舌の政さくにはもううんざりだよ。

I'm totally fed up with politicians' duplicitous policies.

あいつは二枚舌だから気をつけた方がいいよ。

He has a forked tongue, so you should be careful.

○×クイズ: ビエトは等身大の初音ミク人形を買うお金を儲けるために、二枚舌を使ってコウイチを騙しました。○か×か?

True or False Quiz: In order to get the money for a life-sized Hatsune Miku doll, Viet used his forked tongue to cheat Koichi. True or false?

Kanji Composition

  • 二
    • に
    • Two
  • 枚
    • まい
    • Flat Objec...
  • 舌
    • した
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