両眼鏡

Japanese

Kanji in this term
両	眼	鏡
りょう Grade: 3	がん Grade: 5	きょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
兩眼鏡 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 両眼 (ryōgan, “binocular”) +‎ 鏡 (kyō, “lens”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りょーがんきょー [ryòógáńkyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ːɡã̠ŋʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

両(りょう)眼(がん)鏡(きょう) • (ryōgankyō) ^{←りやうがんきやう (ryaugankyau)^?}

binoculars

Synonyms

双眼鏡(そうがんきょう) (sōgankyō)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN