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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
- —三角コーナーtriangular sink tidy (usu. used to strain waste)
- —第三セクターjoint venture of government and business; business venture financed jointly by the public and private sectors; semi-public sector; third sector
- —第三者委員会independent committee; third-party panel
- —三千大千世界the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened
- —阿呆の三杯汁only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once; only fools are gluttons
- —三公社五現業three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol)
- —善意の第三者bona fide third party; bona fide third person
- —三点リーダーthree dot leader; ellipsis
- —三八式歩兵銃Arisaka Type 38 rifle
- —熊野三所権現kami of the three main Kumano shrines
- —ピアノ三重奏piano trio
- —がったり三両even small mistakes can be costly
- —三昧耶曼荼羅samya mandala (in Shingon); mandala where each deity is represented by an object (lotus flower, gem, sword, etc.)
- —三歩下がってwith humility (esp. of women in relation to their partner); humbly; three steps behind
- —三国同盟戦争War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870); Paraguayan War
- —美味も喉三寸good things do not last long
- —東方の三博士Magi; Three Wise Men
- —三子の真ん中play at the center of three stones
- —三目の真ん中play at the center of three stones
- —三信建設工業Sanshin Corporation