noun / ~の noun:

• two groups; two bands

noun:

• keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation

noun:

• two flat things

noun:

• immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement

noun:

• antinomy; self-contradiction - four character idiom
• either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives - colloquialism

noun:

• mistress; kept woman; No. 2 [literal]

noun:

• two-country model (esp. China and Taiwan); two-country doctrine

noun:

• binomial nomenclature - obscure term - Biology term ➜ 二名法

noun:

• next (spoken) word ➜ 二の句が継げない

noun:

• second person

noun:

• dual attachment station - IT term

~の noun:

• bipartite; in two parts; double

noun:

• declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared - Mahjong term ➜ 立直【リーチ】

noun:

• two ken (approx. 3.6m) ➜ 間【けん】

noun:

• 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

noun:

• double blind test; double blind trial ➜ 二重盲検法【にじゅうもうけんほう】

noun:

• branch roads; crossroads

noun:

• staff sergeant

noun:

• double-glazed window; double window; storm window

adverb / ~の noun / noun:

• two at a time; two by two; in twos

noun:

• twenty-eighth day of the month
• twenty-eight days

noun:

• quadric surface - Mathematics term

noun:

• two forces of yin and yang

~の noun:

• bilateral

expression:

• something that cannot be done no matter how hard one tries (and is slightly frustrating because of this); eye drops from the second floor [literal] - idiom