Japanese Words Containing 三

Word	Reading	Definition	JLPT
三つ	みっつ	three; three years of age	n5
三月	さんがつ	March; third month of the lunar calendar	n5
三	さん	three; 3	n5
三味線	しゃみせん	shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
三郎	さぶろう	third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
三角	さんかく	triangle; triangular shape	n1
第三者	だいさんしゃ	third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person	n1
三河	みかわ	Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
三昧	さんまい	samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; indulging in
再三	さいさん	again and again; repeatedly	n2
三重	さんじゅう	triple; treble; threefold; three-ply
三男	さんなん	three sons; third son
三角形	さんかくけい	triangle
三菱	みつびし	Mitsubishi
三越	さんえつ	San'etsu (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)
三人	さんにん	three people
三日月	みかづき	crescent moon; young moon	n1
三種	さんしゅ	three kinds; three varieties
二三	にさん	two or three
三重県	みえけん	Mie Prefecture (Kinki area)
三重縣	みえけん	Mie Prefecture (Kinki area)
三味	さみ	three-stringed guitar
三面	さんめん	three sides; three faces; page three (of a newspaper)
一三	じゅうさん	thirteen; 13; king
三宝	さんぼう	the Three Jewels; the Triple Gem; Triratna; the Three Treasures
三都	さんと	three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)
三文	さんもん	paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
三界	さんがい	the three realms of existence; the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; past, present and future existences; far-off ...
三脚	さんきゃく	tripod; three legs	n1
三々五々	さんさんごご	in groups of twos and threes; in small groups; (in groups of) threes and fives
三流	さんりゅう	third-rate; third-class
三方	さんぼう	three sides; small offering stand
無二無三	むにむさん	in earnest; single-minded; with intense concentration; rushing headlong into
三日	みっか	3rd day of the month; three days	n5
三絃	さんげん	shamisen; samisen; sanxian (Chinese lute); the three string instruments used in gagaku (biwa, wagon and sou)
三番	さんばん	third; no. three
三時	さんじ	3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
三国志	さんごくし	Records of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese historical text)
三軍	さんぐん	great army; mighty host; whole army
三線	さんしん	sanshin; Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen
三陸	さんりく	Sanriku (the three former provinces of Rikuzen, Rikuchū and Rikuō)
三年	さんねん	three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
三叉	みつまた	three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet, intersection); trifurcated; three-pronged fork
三馬	さんま	Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
三更	さんこう	third watch of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am)	n3
三拍子	さんびょうし	triple time; triple meter; triple metre; three-four time
三枚目	さんまいめ	comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
三助	さんすけ	male bathhouse attendant
御三家	ごさんけ	three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito); big three; top three
三次	さんじ	third; tertiary; cubic (function, equation, etc.); third-order
三蔵	さんぞう	three branches of Buddhist sutras
三一	さんぴん	low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
三下	さんした	petty underling; small fry
三度	さんど	three times; thrice; third (interval)
三省堂	さんせいどう	Sanseido (publisher)
三位一体	さんみいったい	the Trinity; three parts; three components; three factors
南無三宝	なむさんぼう	Homage to the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha); oh no!; good heavens!; oops
三十一文字	みそひともじ	tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
三白眼	さんぱくがん	sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)
三山	さんざん	three mountains; three shrines (of Kumano); three kingdoms (of 14th and 15th-century Okinawa)	n1
三寸	さんずん	three sun (ca. 9.1 cm); something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun); stall-keeper; huckster
三輪	さんりん	three wheels	n1
二三日	にじゅうさんにち	23rd day of the month; 23 days
三途の川	さんずのかわ	Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx); River of Three Crossings
二束三文	にそくさんもん	dirt cheap; very cheap
三唱	さんしょう	three cheers; three chants; singing three times
三拝九拝	さんぱいきゅうはい	kowtowing; bowing repeatedly; three kneelings and nine prostrations; my deepest respects
三門	さんもん	large triple gate to temple
三春	さんしゅん	three spring months
三々九度	さんさんくど	three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups
三振	さんしん	strikeout
三枚	さんまい	three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
七五三	しちごさん	shichi-go-san; 7-5-3 day; festival day for children aged 7, 5 and 3 held on or around November 15; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
三国	さんごく	three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); Japan, China and India
三人称	さんにんしょう	third person; third-person reference term; term used to refer to someone or something in the third person
三公	さんこう	three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)	n3
三段	さんだん	third stage; three stages; third dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
三毛	みけ	calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
七三	しちさん	seven-to-three ratio; 70-30 split; 70-30 hair part; hairstyle with hair parted in a 70-30 ratio
三部	さんぶ	three parts; three copies
十三夜	じゅうさんや	13th day (of the moon); the night of the 13th day of 9th lunar month
三光	さんこう	the Sun, the Moon and the stars; three 20-point cards (high-scoring meld)	n3
三本	さんぼん	three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
三塁打	さんるいだ	three-base hit; triple
胸三寸	むねさんずん	heart; mind; feelings
三段論法	さんだんろんぽう	syllogism
口三味線	くちじゃみせん	humming a samisen tune; smooth talk; sweet words; cajolery
三舎	さんしゃ	three days' march (approx. 36.5 km)
三つ指	みつゆび	placing three fingers of each hand on the floor (while bowing respectfully); three fingers (specifically the thumb, index finger and middle finger)
三つ葉	みつば	mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; Japanese chervil
三塁	さんるい	third base
三徳	さんとく	three cardinal virtues (wisdom, benevolence and valour (valor)); (having) three uses (e.g. a kitchen knife); (having) three advantages (e.g. a method); three qualities of nirvana (dharmakaya, prajna and moksha)
三輪車	さんりんしゃ	three wheeled vehicle (tricycle, motorcycle, etc.); three wheeler
再三再四	さいさんさいし	repeatedly
三国一	さんごくいち	unparalleled in Japan, China and India
三嘆	さんたん	deep admiration; repeatedly lamenting
三歎	さんたん	deep admiration; repeatedly lamenting
三筋	みすじ	misuji (cut of beef, usu. from the chuck); shamisen; samisen
三ヶ日	さんがにち	first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
三幅対	さんぷくつい	set of three

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