両成敗

Reading

Kana: りょうせいばい

Romaji: ryōseibai

Definition

noun

1

two guilty parties tried and punished together

Kanji

両

Readings: リョウ、 てる、 ふたつ

Meanings: both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two

成

Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 な.る、 な.す、 -な.す

Meanings: turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach

敗

Readings: ハイ、 やぶ.れる

Meanings: failure, defeat, reversal

Example Sentence

喧嘩(けんか)両成敗(りょうせいばい)。

➥It takes two to make a quarrel.