Word Meaning 陰と陽

いんとよう in to you

陰と陽 is read as いんとよう (in to you) and means the positive and the negative.

Meaning

English

  1. the positive and the negative

Reading

Kana

いんとよう

Romaji

in to you

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 141289 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

陰陽

いんよう

cosmic dual forces

陰陽師身の上知らず

おんようじみのうえしらず

people don't know themselves as well as they know others

陰陽五行

いんようごぎょう

the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology

陰陽和合

いんようわごう

the harmony of yin and yang energies

陰陽の理

おんみょうのり

principle of duality

陰陽家

いんようか

School of Yin-yang (China)

陰陽道

おんようどう

Onmyōdō

陰陽師

いんようし

diviner

陰陽寮

うらのつかさ

Bureau of Onmyō

陰陽暦

いんようれき

lunisolar calendar

陰に陽に

いんにように

(both) openly and covertly

半陰陽

はんいんよう

hermaphrodite

Example Sentences

2

いんとようのかんがえかたはとうようてつがくでたいせつだ。

the idea of yin and yang is important in eastern philosophy.

いんとようはついになるかんがえかただ。

Yin and yang are paired concepts.