Japanese symbol for “duplicity”
二枚舌
にまいじた
Romaji: nimaijita
double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; double-tongued
In Japanese, duplicity is 二枚舌, read にまいじた (nimaijita).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; double-tongued
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “duplicity”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 表裏 | ひょうり hyouri | duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced |
| 二心 | ふたごころ futagokoro | duplicity; treachery; double-dealing |
| 内股膏薬 | うちまたこうやく uchimatakouyaku | double-dealer; fence-sitter; timeserver |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 二つ | ふたつ futatsu | two |
| 二宮 | にぐう niguu | the Two Ise Shrines |
| 二塁打 | にるいだ niruida | two-base hit; double |
| 二塁 | にるい nirui | second base |
| 二分 | にぶん nibun | halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection |
| 一石二鳥 | いっせきにちょう issekinichou | killing two birds with one stone |
| 枚数 | まいすう maisuu | the number of flat things |
| 枚挙 | まいきょ maikyo | enumeration |
| 毒舌 | どくぜつ dokuzetsu | wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language |
See also: Chinese symbol for “duplicity”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.