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tsugai
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[つが()·]
tsugai
[つがい()]
tsugai

English Meaning(s) for つがい

noun
  1. pair (esp. of mated animals); brace; couple
  2. (anatomical) joint

Definition and Synonyms for つがい

Turn the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
Synonyms: つがい, , 番える, 順番
Watch a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
Synonyms: つがい, , 番える, 監視, 見張り, 見張る
Articulation the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
Synonyms: つがい, つがう, つがい目, 蝶番, 関節, 骨節
Brace a set of two similar things considered as a unit
Synonyms: もろ, ペア, ペヤ, つがい, つがう, , , , 対偶
Couple a pair who associate with one another
Synonyms: ペア, ペヤ, つがい, つがう, デュオ, アベック, カップル, 一対, 二人組, 夫婦
Couple a pair of people who live together
Synonyms: ペア, ペヤ, つがい, つがう, アベック, カップル, 夫婦, 好一対, , 番える
Guard a person who keeps watch over something or someone
Synonyms: つがい, 守衛, 巡邏, 張り番, 歩哨, , 番える, 番人, 番兵, 番卒, 監視哨, 看守, 立ち番, 衛兵, 衛士, 見張り, 見張る
Watcher a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body
Synonyms: つがい, , 番える
Go a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
Synonyms: つがい, 当番, , 番える, 順番

Categories つがい is a member of

Individual a human being
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Activity any specific behavior
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Surveillance close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
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Body Part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
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Family primary social group
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Pair two people considered as a unit
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Set a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
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Protector a person who cares for persons or property
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Shift the time period during which you are at work
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Stroke Order Diagrams for つがい

Sample Sentences for つがい

He hung the gate on hinges.
We can conjecture that it may be advantageous for a particular bird to be known to its neighbors or its mate.
A pair of canaries are her only friends.

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