Word Meaning 二人三脚

ににんさんきゃく nininsankyaku

二人三脚 is read as ににんさんきゃく (nininsankyaku) and means three-legged race.

Meaning

English

three-legged race
cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies)
operating in tandem

Reading

Kana

ににんさんきゃく

Romaji

nininsankyaku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

二十脚

にじゅうあし

kanji "twenty legs" radical (radical 55)

二人羽織

ににんばおり

"Helping Hands" comedy performance

二人称

ににんしょう

second person

二人称単数

ににんしょうたんすう

second-person singular

三脚

さんきゃく

tripod

二人

ふたり

two persons

二人前

ににんまえ

for two people

二人連れ

ふたりづれ

party of two

二三

にさん

two or three

二人とも

ふたりとも

both (people)

二人組

ふたりぐみ

twosome

第三国人

だいさんごくじん

foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan

Example Sentences

夫婦二人三脚で、このお店を切り盛りしてきました。

The married couple was able to run this store with their seamless teamwork.

トムとメアリーは運動会の二人三脚でペアーを組みました。

Tom and Mary competed together in the three-legged race on sports day.