noun

  1. seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time, two-timing.

noun, takes genitive case の

  1. bifurcation, fork, branch, dichotomy.

noun

  1. fence-sitting, playing it both ways, parting of the ways.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
二股 ふたまた
二俣 ふたまた
 
 
二また ふたまた
二叉 ふたまた
二又 ふたまた

Contained Kanji Breakdown

two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
thigh, crotch
また コ もも (11th)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
シュ また ほこ (Kentei 1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)