No. 2,011 in Japanese
ダブルス
"Doubles" in sports, referring to a match or game played in pairs.
In a sentence
ダブルスの試合を見るのが楽しみです。
I am looking forward to watching the doubles match.
In this sentence, 'ダブルス' refers to a doubles competition or match, often used in sports such as tennis or badminton to denote a game between two teams of two players each.
彼はダブルスで優勝しました。
He won in doubles.
Here, 'ダブルス' specifically indicates the event or category of the competition where the person won, again referring to a team-based game format.
このホテルはダブルスが用意されていますか？
Does this hotel offer twin rooms?
In this context, 'ダブルス' is colloquially extended to mean twin or double-occupancy rooms, showing its colloquial adaptability to different contexts.
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