Kanji1 / 3
三 kanji
three
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
サンゾウ
Kun readings
みみつみっつ
Variant forms
弎Words with 三
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —三段目格referee officiating the third lowest sumo division
- —返り三役former san'yaku-ranked wrestler returning to that rank
- —三番稽古a row of training matches with the same opponent
- —三番出世newly recruited wrestlers in the third round of presentation after mae-zumo
- —一日三秋(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
- —三界流転endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences
- —念仏三昧being deep in prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha
- —風流三昧taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy
- —放蕩三昧being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
- —孟母三遷the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; Mencius' mother, three moves
- —遊蕩三昧being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
- —冷汗三斗breaking into cold sweat when one is very embarrassed or scared
- —悪行三昧committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil
- —一読三嘆a reading leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration
- —一唱三嘆one reading (of a poem aloud) leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration
- —韋編三絶repeated reading; close (careful) reading; careful perusal
- —益者三友three kinds of beneficial friends: straightforward, sincere, and well-informed ones
- —戯作三昧being absorbed in writing popular novels (cheap fiction); being absorbed in writing something to amuse oneself
- —狡兎三窟very shrewd in preparing a means of escape; being very good at escaping danger
- —三者鼎立three parties (forces) opposing one another; three-cornered contest