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三さん
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Meanings
Numeric
1. three; 3 (参 is used in legal documents)
Other spellings
参さん
Other readings
三み参み
Kanji used
三three
Kanji in other spellings
参admit defeat
Pitch accent
さん
Used in vocabulary
五ご十じゅう三さん次つぎ
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
Noun
参さん議ぎ院いん
House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
Noun
駆かけつけ三さん杯ばい
three cups of sake which latecomers to a party are made to drink
Noun
第だい三さん勢せい力りょく
a third force
Noun
三さん段だん跳とび
triple jump; hop, step and jump
Noun
三さん文もん
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
Noun
三さん拍びょう子し
triple time; triple meter; triple metre; three-four time; three important requisites
Noun
三さん原げん色しょく
three primary colors (colours)
Noun
三さん白ぱく眼がん
sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)
Noun
三さん段だん論ろん法ぽう
syllogism
Noun
三さん和わ銀ぎん行こう
Sanwa Bank, Limited
Noun
三さん和わ音おん
triad
Noun
Examples80
He had three pieces of baggage.
I like all films that Juzo Itami directs.
This task took three hours.
School is over at 3:30.
The court session lasted for three hours.
The party went on for three hours.