| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n in hanafuda a collection of the rain and three non-rain light cards | 雨四光 |
| gen. | n in hanafuda a collection of three non-rain light cards | 三光 |
| gen. | n yoji a set of three bouts | 三本勝負 |
| gen. | n act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly | 三礼 |
| gen. | n act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly | 三拝 |
| gen. | n adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly | 三礼 |
| gen. | n adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly | 三拝 |
| gen. | n yoji alternation of three cold and four warm days | 三寒四温 |
| gen. | n ancient Japanese poetry form with three verses in a 5-7-7 moraic pattern | 片歌 |
| gen. | n any of a number of lists of three enlightened men, including but not limited to: Buddha, Confucius and Christ | 三聖 |
| gen. | n any of a number of sets of thirty-three holy places enshrining Avalokitesvara | 三十三所 (esp. those comprising a popular pilgrimage in the Kinki region) |
| gen. | big three | ご三家 |
| gen. | n Big Three | ビッグスリー (e.g. car makers, TV companies, etc.) |
| gen. | n Big Three | ビッグ・スリー (e.g. car makers, TV companies, etc.) |
| gen. | big three | 御三家 news2 nf26 |
| gen. | n big three dragons | 大三元 |
| gen. | n bowing while pressing three fingers of each hand on floor | 三つ指 |
| gen. | n uk Brazilian three-banded armadillo | 三帯アルマジロ (Tolypeutes tricinctus) |
| gen. | n cat with three colors of fur | 三毛猫 (colours) |
| gen. | n center of three horizontal columns | 中段 news2 nf26 (centre of print, chūdan) |
| gen. | n ceremony of allowing the hair to grow at age three | 髪置 io |
| gen. | n ceremony of allowing the hair to grow at age three | 髪置き |
| gen. | n children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle | 押しくら饅頭 |
| gen. | n children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle | おしくら饅頭 |
| gen. | n children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle | 押し競饅頭 |
| gen. | n children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle | 押しくらまんじゅう |
| gen. | n obsc Chinese kettle with three legs | 鬲 |
| gen. | n obsc Chinese "Three Stars" constellation | 犂星 (one of the 28 mansions) |
| gen. | n obsc Chinese "Three Stars" constellation | 参宿 (one of the 28 mansions) |
| gen. | n Chinese "Three Stars" constellation | ３つ星 (one of the 28 mansions) |
| gen. | n Chinese "Three Stars" constellation | 三つ星 (one of the 28 mansions) |
| gen. | n obsc Chinese "Three Stars" constellation | 唐鋤星 (one of the 28 mansions) |
| gen. | combination of three tiles that form a set | 面子 ichi1 |
| gen. | n concealed three-of-a-kind | 暗刻 |
| gen. | n concealed three-of-a-kind | 暗刻子 |
| gen. | n obsc crime for which one's three types of relatives will be punished | 三族の罪 |
| gen. | n obsc crime implicating one's relatives of all three types | 三族の罪 |
| gen. | divide into three | 三分 (parts) |
| gen. | dynamic three-point bending test | 動的三点曲げ試験 |
| gen. | n adj-na adj-no each of the three being different from the other two | 三人三様 |
| gen. | n yoji each of the three being different from the other two | 三者三様 |
| gen. | n adj-na adj-no each of the three having his her own way | 三人三様 |
| gen. | n yoji each of the three having his her own way | 三者三様 |
| gen. | n family of carpet shark species containing three monotypic genera of nurse sharks | コモリザメ科 ({n} Ginglymostomatidae ***b) |
| gen. | n family with four species and three genera of cow sharks characterized by either one or two additional pairs of gill slits | カグラザメ科 ({n} Hexanchidae ***b) |
| gen. | n family with three species of thresher sharks all within the genus Alopias | オナガザメ科 |
| gen. | n fanned on three pitches | 三球三振 |
| gen. | n folded in three | 三つ折り news2 nf43 |
| gen. | n forming a four-of-a-kind by adding a self-drawn tile to an open three-of-a-kind | 小明槓 |
| gen. | n four concealed three-of-a-kinds | 四暗刻 |
| gen. | n gang of three | 三人組 |
| gen. | exp int yoji I believe in the Three Treasures of Buddhism | 南無三宝 |
| gen. | n image of the three honorable honourable ones | 三尊仏 |
| gen. | n impromptu rakugo story based on three subjects | 三題咄 |
| gen. | n impromptu rakugo story based on three subjects | 三題噺 |
| gen. | n Japan's three antinuclear principles | 非核三原則 (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory) |
| gen. | n Japan's Three Famous Mountains | 日本三名山 (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku) |
| gen. | n Japan's three famous sights | 日本三景 |
| gen. | n Japan's Three Holy Mountains | 日本三霊山 (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku) |
| gen. | n junction of three roads | 三差路 (さんさろ) |
| gen. | n junction of three roads | 三叉路 |
| gen. | n kanji "plow" or "three-branch tree" radical | 耒 |
| gen. | n kanji "plow" or "three-branch tree" radical | 耒偏 |
| gen. | n uk kanji "three" or "hair ornament" radical at right | 彡旁 |
| gen. | n kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa | 沖縄米兵少女暴行事件 |
| gen. | n la Plata three-banded armadillo | マタコミツオビアルマジロ |
| gen. | n little three dragons | 小三元 |
| gen. | magazine esp. pornographic with long side or all three sides sealed to prevent browsing | 袋とじ |
| gen. | magazine esp. pornographic with long side or all three sides sealed to prevent browsing | 袋綴じ |
| gen. | exp v5u meeting all three important conditions | 三拍子そろう |
| gen. | exp v5u meeting all three important conditions | 三拍子揃う |
| gen. | exp Mencius' mother, three moves | 孟母三遷の教え |
| gen. | exp yoji Mencius' mother, three moves | 孟母三遷 |
| gen. | n yoji monk for three days | 三日ぼうず |
| gen. | n yoji monk for three days | 三日坊主 |
| gen. | exp more important than three meals a day | 三度のめしよりすき |
| gen. | exp more important than three meals a day | 三度の食事より好き |
| gen. | exp more important than three meals a day | 三度のめしより好き |
| gen. | exp more important than three meals a day | 三度の飯より好き |
| gen. | n one's next three neighbors | 向こう三軒 |
| gen. | n one's next three neighbours | 向こう三軒 |
| gen. | n no. three | 三番 |
| gen. | n one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand | 辺張 (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) |
| gen. | n one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand | 辺張待ち (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) |
| gen. | int one-two-three heave! | えんやこら |
| gen. | n open three-of-a-kind | 明刻 (meld) |
| gen. | n open three-of-a-kind | 明刻子 (meld) |
| gen. | n Pacific three-toothed lamprey | ミツバヤツメ |
| gen. | n page three | 三面 news2 nf33 (of a newspaper) |
| gen. | n adj-no yoji page-three news | 三面記事 |
| gen. | n performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience | 三題咄 |
| gen. | n performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience | 三題噺 |
| gen. | exp planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years to bear fruit, persimmons take eight | 桃栗三年柿八年 |
| gen. | n principle of a three-instance trial process | 三審制度 |
| gen. | quasi three-dimensional analysis | 準三次元解析 |
| gen. | n rule of three | 三段オチ (in comedy writing) |
| gen. | n rule of three | 三段落ち (in comedy writing) |
| gen. | n set of three | 三幅対 |
| gen. | n set of three | ３組 |
| gen. | n set of three | 三幅一対 |
| gen. | n set of three | 三組 |
| gen. | n set of three | 三つ組 |
| gen. | n set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki | 日本現報善悪霊異記 |
| gen. | n set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki | 日本霊異記 |
| gen. | n set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki | 日本国現報善悪霊異記 |
| gen. | n yoji seven to three | 七分三分 (chances) |
| gen. | n short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store | 帳場格子 |
| gen. | n vs singing three times | 三唱 |
| gen. | n six-three system of education | 六三制 (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school) |
| gen. | n southern three-banded armadillo | マタコミツオビアルマジロ (Tolypeutes matacus) |
| gen. | pref the big three ... | 三大 |
| gen. | n the Big Three | 三大国 (countries) |
| gen. | n the 72 "climates" of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into three | 七十二候 |
| gen. | n in hanafuda the collection of the three blue poetry ribbon cards | 青丹 |
| gen. | n in hanafuda the collection of the three blue poetry ribbon cards | 青短 |
| gen. | n in hanafuda the collection of the three red poetry ribbon cards | 赤タン |
| gen. | n in hanafuda the collection of the three red poetry ribbon cards | 赤丹 |
| gen. | n in hanafuda the collection of the three red poetry ribbon cards | 赤短 |
| gen. | exp the soul of a child of three is the same at 100 | 三つ子の魂百迄 |
| gen. | exp the soul of a child of three is the same at 100 | 三つ子の魂百まで |
| gen. | n the three boar, deer and butterfly cards | 猪鹿蝶 (high-scoring combination in hanafuda) |
| gen. | n the three calamities: fire, flood and storm | 三災 |
| gen. | n the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass | 三体 news2 nf46 |
| gen. | n the three creator gods | 造化の三神 (Amanominakanushi no Kami, Takamimusuhi no Kami & Kamimusuhi no Kami) |
| gen. | n the three entertainment district enterprises: eating houses, geisha houses, meeting places for assignations, etc. | 三業 |
| gen. | the three essential status symbols | 三種の神器 (e.g. cellphone, PC, digital camera) |
| gen. | n the three grand national holidays | 三大節 (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday pre-1927) |
| gen. | n the three labor laws | 労働三法 (labour trade union law, labor standards law, labor relations adjustment law) |
| gen. | n the three largest cities | 三大都市 |
| gen. | n the three main Shinto gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto | 三貴子 |
| gen. | The Three Musketeers | 三銃士 (unclass) |
| gen. | n yoji the "three noes principle" of no drive indolence, no interest indifference, and no sense of responsibility irresponsibility, the term describing the temperament of the Japanese youth of the 1970s | 三無主義 |
| gen. | n the three phases of matter: solid, liquid and gas | 三態 |
| gen. | n the three players other than oneself | 他家 |
| gen. | n the three powers: heaven, earth and man | 三才 |
| gen. | n the three powers of government | 三権 news1 nf18 (legislative, executive and judicial) |
| gen. | "the three R's | 3R: 発生抑制、再使用、再生利用 |
| gen. | n the three Rs | スリー・アールズ (reading, writing, and arithmetic) |
| gen. | n the three Rs | スリーアールズ (reading, writing, and arithmetic) |
| gen. | exp the three R's | 読み書き算盤 |
| gen. | n obsc the three sacred mountains: Fuji, Atsuta, and Kumano | 三蓬莱 |
| gen. | n the three sacred treasures | 神器 news2 nf35 (sword, jewel, mirror) |
| gen. | n the Three Sacred Treasures | 三種の神器 (Mirror, Sword and Jewels) |
| gen. | n the three tones of Chinese that exclude the high-level, or first, tone | 仄声 |
| gen. | n obsc the three types of gagaku drums | 三鼓 |
| gen. | n the three unities | 三一致 (time, place and action) |
| gen. | n the Three Urban Prefectures | 三府 |
| gen. | exp the three wise monkeys | 見猿聞か猿言わ猿 |
| gen. | exp the three wise monkeys | 見ざる聞かざる言わざる |
| gen. | n the three worms | 三尸 (in Taoism, worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings) |
| gen. | n the Three Wuhan Cities | 武漢三鎮 |
| gen. | exp yoji There are three types of friends worth having--honest, sincere, and well-informed ones. | 益者三友 (Confucius) |
| gen. | n three-act play | 三幕物 |
| gen. | n Three Alls Strategy | 三光作戦 三光 is a ref. to a Chinese phrase meaning 'kill all, burn all, loot all' |
| gen. | n three and a half lines | 三行半 |
| gen. | n three and eight | 三八 |
| gen. | three-arm pointer | 三かん分度器 |
| gen. | three-armed protractor | 三脚分度器 |
| gen. | three attributes of noise | 音の三属性 |
| gen. | n three autumn months | 三秋 |
| gen. | three axes of flight | 飛行の三軸 |
| gen. | three axle roller | 三軸ローラー (さんじくローラー) |
| gen. | n three-band coralfish | ロードハウバタフライフィッシュ |
| gen. | n three-banded coralfish | レッドフィンバタフライフィッシュ |
| gen. | n three-banded coralfish | メロンバタフライフィッシュ |
| gen. | n three-base hit | スリー・ベース・ヒット |
| gen. | n three-base hit | スリーベースヒット |
| gen. | three bedrooms and a kitchen | ３Ｋ (in real estate) |
| gen. | three bedrooms and a kitchen | 三Ｋ from きつい・汚い・危険 (in real estate) |
| gen. | n three bonds | 三綱 (in Confucianism: master & servant, father & son, husband & wife) |
| gen. | n yoji three-bout contest | 三本勝負 |
| gen. | n yoji three-bout contest | 三番勝負 |
| gen. | n three boxes | 三箱 |
| gen. | n three box-shaped things | 三箱 |
| gen. | n three branch Tokugawa families | ご三家 (Owari, Kii, and Mito) |
| gen. | three branch Tokugawa families | 三家 (Owari, Kii, and Mito) |
| gen. | n three branch Tokugawa families | 御三家 news2 nf26 (Owari, Kii, and Mito) |
| gen. | n three branches of Buddhist sutras | 三蔵 |
| gen. | n three cannons | 大砲三門 |
| gen. | n three-card monte | ３カードモンテ (card game) |
| gen. | three center | 三中心 |
| gen. | three-centred arch dam | 三心アーチダム |
| gen. | n vs three chants | 三唱 |
| gen. | n three cheers | 万歳三唱 |
| gen. | n vs three cheers | 三唱 |
| gen. | n three classes | ３組 |
| gen. | n three classes | 三組 |
| gen. | n three-color printing | 三色版 (red and yellow and blue) |
| gen. | n three-color process | 三色印刷法 |
| gen. | n adj-no three colors | 三色 news2 nf29 |
| gen. | n three-colour printing | 三色版 |
| gen. | n three-colour process | 三色印刷法 |
| gen. | n adj-no three colours | 三色 news2 nf29 |
| gen. | three components of refuse | ごみの三成分 |
| gen. | n three concealed pungs | 三暗刻 |
| gen. | n three containers | 三箱 |
| gen. | three coordinate measuring machine | 三次元座標測定機 (CMM) |
| gen. | n three copies | ３部 |
| gen. | n three copies | 三部 news1 nf14 |
| gen. | n three-cornered battle | 三つ巴の争い |
| gen. | n three-cornered battle | 三つどもえの争い |
| gen. | n three-cornered competition | 三者対立 |
| gen. | n yoji three-cornered contest | 三者鼎立 |
| gen. | n vs three-cornered contest | 鼎立 |
| gen. | n three-cornered conversation | 三者会談 |
| gen. | n three-cornered fight | 三角闘争 |
| gen. | n three-cornered hat | 三角帽子 |
| gen. | n three-cornered hat | 三角帽 |
| gen. | n three corners | 三つ角 |
| gen. | n three countries | 三国 news1 nf08 |
| gen. | n three crops a year | 三毛作 |
| gen. | n three cups of sake which latecomers to a party are made to drink | 駆け付け三杯 news2 nf25 |
| gen. | n three-day feast of Chinese delicacies | 満漢全席 |
| gen. | n three-day journey | 三日路 |
| gen. | n three-day weekend | 三連休 |
| gen. | n three days | 三日間 |
| gen. | three days | ３日 |
| gen. | three days | 三日 ichi1 |
| gen. | exp three days a week | 週三日 |
| gen. | n-adv n-t yoji three days back | 一昨々日 (ago) |
| gen. | n-adv n-t yoji three days back | 一昨昨日 (ago) |
| gen. | n-adv n-t three days from today | 弥の明後日 |
| gen. | n-adv n-t three days from today | やな明後日 |
| gen. | n-adv n-t three days from today | 弥な明後日 |
| gen. | n-adv n-t three days from today | やの明後日 |
| gen. | n-adv n-t uk yoji in three days' time | 明々後日 (two days after tomorrow) |
| gen. | n-adv n-t uk yoji in three days' time | 明明後日 ichi1 (two days after tomorrow) |
| gen. | three departments | 三省 (in Tang-dynasty China: Secretariat, Chancellory & Dept. of State Affairs) |
| gen. | three designated CFC substances | 特定フロン3物質 |
| gen. | n three-digit number | 三桁 |
| gen. | three dimension | 三次元 (さんぢげん) |
| gen. | n three dimensional | ３次元 spec1 |
| gen. | n three dimensional | 三次元 news2 nf27 (さんぢげん) |
| gen. | adj-na three-dimensional | 立体的 news1 nf22 |
| gen. | n three dimensional | ３Ｄ |
| gen. | three dimensional analysis | 三次元解析 (さんぢげん・かいせき) |
| gen. | three-dimensional computer tomography | 三次元CT解析 |
| gen. | three dimensional consolidation | 三次元圧密 (さんじげんあつみつ) |
| gen. | three-dimensional cutting | 三次元切削 |
| gen. | three-dimensional element | 三次元要素 |
| gen. | three-dimensional flow | 三次元流れ (sanjigen-nagare) |
| gen. | three-dimensional flow tank | 三次元流水槽 |
| gen. | three-dimensional image | 三次元画像 (さんぢげん・がぞう) |
| gen. | n three-dimensional movie | 立体映画 |
| gen. | n adj-no three-dimensional object | 立体 ichi1 news1 nf08 (りったい) |
| gen. | three dimensional position | 三次元位置・姿勢センサ |
| gen. | n three dimensional sculpture | 丸彫り |
| gen. | three-dimensional stress | 三次元応力 (sanjigen-ōryoku) |
| gen. | three-dimensional surface crack | 三次元表面き裂 |
| gen. | three-dimensional theory of elasticity | 三次元弾性理論 |
| gen. | n adj-no three-dimensional vision | 立体映像 (りったい・えいぞう) |
| gen. | n three-dimensional warfare | 立体戦 |
| gen. | n three-dimensionality | 立体性 |
| gen. | n three-dimensionality | 立体感 (りったいかん) |
| gen. | n three dimensions | 三次元 news2 nf27 (さんぢげん) |
| gen. | n three dimensions | ３次元 spec1 |
| gen. | three divisions | 三役 news1 nf05 |
| gen. | three elements of color | 色の三属性 (いろのさんぞくせい) |
| gen. | n three faces | 三面 news2 nf33 |
| gen. | n three fall months | 三秋 |
| gen. | n three famous ancient calligraphers: Emperor Saga and Tachibana no Hayanari and Kooboo Daishi | 三筆 |
| gen. | n three famous beauty spots | 三軽 |
| gen. | n three famous beauty spots | 三景 |
| gen. | n three famous retainers | 三羽ガラス |
| gen. | n three famous retainers | 三羽がらす |
| gen. | n three famous retainers | 三羽烏 |
| gen. | n three flat objects | ３枚 (e.g. tickets, pieces of cloth, etc.) |
| gen. | n three flat objects | 三枚 news1 nf17 (e.g. tickets, pieces of cloth, etc.) |
| gen. | n three-fold | ３倍 |
| gen. | n three-fold | 三倍 |
| gen. | n three-forked road | 三差路 (さんさろ) |
| gen. | n three-forked road | 三叉路 |
| gen. | n yoji three-game match | 三本勝負 |
| gen. | n yoji three-game match | 三番勝負 |
| gen. | n three generations | 三代 news1 nf17 |
| gen. | n three generations | 三世 |
| gen. | Three Gorge Project | 三峡プロジェクト |
| gen. | n three Graces | 三美神 |
| gen. | n obsc three great oceans | 三大洋 (Pacific, Atlantic and Indian) |
| gen. | n three greatest teas of Japan | 日本三大茶 (Uji-cha, Sayama-cha and Shizuoka-cha) |
| gen. | n three highest ranks | 三役 news1 nf05 (wrestling, unions, etc.) |
| gen. | n three highest ranks in a ministry: minister, vice minister and parliamentary secretary | 政務三役 |
| gen. | three-hinged arch | 三ヒンジアーチ |
| gen. | n three holidays in a row | 三連休 |
| gen. | n three hundred | 三百 news1 nf03 |
| gen. | n three-in-a-row | 順子 |
| gen. | three-joint wrist mechanism | 三自由度手首機構 |
| gen. | three kilograms | 三Ｋ from きつい・汚い・危険 (or kilometers, etc.) |
| gen. | three kilograms | ３Ｋ (or kilometers, etc.) |
| gen. | n adj-no three kinds | 三種 news1 nf19 |
| gen. | three kingdoms | 三山 (of 14th- and 15th-century Okinawa) |
| gen. | Three Kingdoms | 三国 news1 nf08 (of ancient China: Wei, Shu, Wu) |
| gen. | n Three Kingdoms period | 三国時代 (of Chinese history, 220-280 CE) |
| gen. | n three kongs | 三槓子 |
| gen. | n three-leaf clover | 三つ葉のクローバー |
| gen. | n adj-no three-leafed pattern | トレフォイル |
| gen. | adj-no n three-leaved | 三葉 |
| gen. | adj-no n three-leaved | 三つ葉 |
| gen. | three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology | 八咫の烏 |
| gen. | three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology | 八咫烏 |
| gen. | n yoji three-legged race | 二人三脚 news1 nf16 |
| gen. | n three-legged stone lantern | 雪見灯籠 |
| gen. | n three-legged stool | 三脚椅子 |
| gen. | n three legs | 三本足 (two legs and a cane) |
| gen. | n adj-no three legs | 三脚 news2 nf46 (sankyaku) |
| gen. | three level | 三準位 |
| gen. | n three-line classified advertisement | 三行広告 |
| gen. | n uk three-lips | 鰣 (freshwater fish of the minnow family, Opsariichthys uncirostris) |
| gen. | n three litre glass bottle used for pharmaceuticals | ガロン瓶 |
| gen. | three-lobe bearing | 三円弧軸受 |
| gen. | n three lords | 三公 (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments) |
| gen. | three lords and nine ministers | 公卿 (of the ancient Chinese government) |
| gen. | n three main sutras | 三部経 (of a school of Buddhism) |
| gen. | n three major diseases | 三大疾病 (cancer, cerebral stroke, acute myocardial infarction) |
| gen. | n three major sutras of Pure Land Buddhism | 浄土三部経 |
| gen. | n three-man talk | 鼎談会 |
| gen. | n three marks of existence | 三法印 (suffering, impermanence, non-Self) |
| gen. | n three meals | 三食 news2 nf34 (a day) |
| gen. | three-membered ring | 三員環 |
| gen. | n three methods of Chinese divination | 三易 (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period) |
| gen. | n three ministries | 三省 (under the ritsuryo system: Ministries of Civil Services, Health & War) |
| gen. | n three minutes | 三分 |
| gen. | n three-molt silkworm | 三眠蚕 |
| gen. | three-moment theorem | 三モーメントの定理 |
| gen. | n three months | 三月 |
| gen. | n-adv n-t yoji three months ago | 一昨昨月 |
| gen. | n-adv n-t yoji three months ago | 一昨々月 |
| gen. | n three mountains | 三山 |
| gen. | n Three Mountains of Yamato | 大和三山 (Mt. Miminashi, Mt. Kagu, and Mt. Unebi) |
| gen. | three neck flask | 三つ口フラスコ |
| gen. | n three noble families | 三家 (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga) |
| gen. | n three-o'clock snack | 御三時 |
| gen. | n three-o'clock snack | お三時 |
| gen. | n three-of-a-kind | 刻子 |
| gen. | n three-of-a-kind made with a tile called from another player | 明刻 |
| gen. | n three-of-a-kind made with a tile called from another player | 明刻子 |
| gen. | three or four-legged kettle stand | 五徳 |
| gen. | n three outs | 三死 |
| gen. | n three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline | 三段オチ (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.) |
| gen. | n three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline | 三段落ち (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.) |
| gen. | n three parties | 三者 news1 nf09 |
| gen. | n yoji three parties forces opposing one another | 三者鼎立 |
| gen. | n three parts | ３部 |
| gen. | n three parts | 三部 news1 nf14 |
| gen. | three parts | 三役 news1 nf05 |
| gen. | n three people | 三人 news1 nf01 |
| gen. | n three people on the same vehicle | ３人乗り (usu. bike) |
| gen. | n three people on the same vehicle | 三人乗り (usu. bike) |
| gen. | n vs three people sitting in a triangle | 鼎座 |
| gen. | n vs three people sitting in a triangle | 三つ鼎 |
| gen. | n vs three people sitting in a triangle | 鼎坐 |
| gen. | n three periods | 三代 news1 nf17 |
| gen. | n three-person operation of a puppet | 三人遣い (bunraku) |
| gen. | three-person saddle | 三宝荒神 |
| gen. | n three persons | 三者 news1 nf09 |
| gen. | three phase AC arc furnace | 三相アーク炉 |
| gen. | n three-phase alternating current | 三相交流 (sansō-kōryū) |
| gen. | three phase motor | 三相電動機 (sansō-dendōki) |
| gen. | n adj-no three phases | 三相 (sansō) |
| gen. | n three-piece suit | 三つ揃い |
| gen. | n three-piece suit | スリーピース |
| gen. | n adj-no three-ply | 三重 news1 nf09 |
| gen. | three-point bending | 三点曲げ |
| gen. | three point method | 三点法面積測定、 めんせきそくてい |
| gen. | three point method | 後方交会法測量、 そくりょう (こうほうこうかいほう) |
| gen. | three-point method | 後方交会法測量、 そくりょう (こうほうこうかいほう) |
| gen. | three-point method | 三点法 |
| gen. | three-point two-angle method | 三点両角法 |
| gen. | n three precious children | 三貴子 |
| gen. | n three primary colors | 三元色 ik (colours) |
| gen. | n three primary colors | 三原色 (colours, さんげんしょく) |
| gen. | n three primary virtues: valour, wisdom and benevolence | 三徳 (valor) |
| gen. | three prime end | ３’末端 |
| gen. | n Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People | 孫文主義 |
| gen. | n Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People | 三民主義 |
| gen. | n Three Principles on arms exports | 武器輸出三原則 (ぶきしゅつさんげんそく) |
| gen. | n adj-no three-pronged fork | 三つ股 |
| gen. | n adj-no three-pronged fork | 三つ又 |
| gen. | n adj-no three-pronged fork | 三叉 |
| gen. | n adj-no three-pronged fork | 三つ叉 |
| gen. | n adj-no three-pronged fork | 三つまた |
| gen. | n three public corporations Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone and five government enterprises | 三公社五現業 (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol) |
| gen. | n three-quarter | ハーフ・コート |
| gen. | n three-quarter | スリークオーター |
| gen. | n three-quarter | ハーフコート |
| gen. | n three-quarter back | スリー・クォーター (rugby) |
| gen. | n three-quarter back | スリークォーター (rugby) |
| gen. | n three-quarter backs | スリークォーターバックス |
| gen. | n three-quarter bed | セミダブル・ベッド |
| gen. | n three-quarter bed | セミダブル |
| gen. | n three-quarter bed | セミダブルベッド |
| gen. | adj-no three-quarter length | 七分丈 (usu. clothing) |
| gen. | n three-quarter sleeves | 七分袖 |
| gen. | exp n three regular meals a day | 三度の食事 |
| gen. | n three secondary Tokugawa branch families | ご三卿 (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi) |
| gen. | n three secondary Tokugawa branch families | 三卿 (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi) |
| gen. | n three secondary Tokugawa branch families | 御三卿 (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi) |
| gen. | n three-section staff | 三節棍 |
| gen. | n three sets | ３組 |
| gen. | n three sets | 三組 |
| gen. | three-shaft compressor | 三軸コンプレッサ |
| gen. | three shrines | 三山 (of Kumano) |
| gen. | n three-sided mirror | 三面鏡 (さんめん・きょう) |
| gen. | n three sides | 三方 news1 nf23 |
| gen. | n three sides | 三面 news2 nf33 |
| gen. | n obsc three sides of right triangle | 鈎股弦 (minor cathetus, major cathetus & hypotenuse, こうこげん) |
| gen. | n obsc three sides of right triangle | 勾股弦 (minor cathetus, major cathetus & hypotenuse) |
| gen. | three sigma limits | ３シグマ限界 |
| gen. | n three sons | 三男 news1 nf12 |
| gen. | n Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors | 三皇五帝 (mythological rulers of ancient China) |
| gen. | n uk three-spined stickleback | 糸魚 (Gasterosteus aculeatus) |
| gen. | n three spot gourami | スリー・スポット・グラミー (Trichogaster trichopterus) |
| gen. | n three spot gourami | スリースポットグラミー (Trichogaster trichopterus) |
| gen. | n three spring months | 三春 news2 nf36 |
| gen. | n three stages of learning mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, parting with traditional wisdom | 守破離 |
| gen. | n adj-no three stars | ３つ星 (shape) |
| gen. | n adj-no three stars | 三つ星 (shape) |
| gen. | three-step Runge-Kutta method | 三段階ルンゲ・クッタ法 |
| gen. | n three-storied pagoda | 三重塔 (さんじゅうのとう) |
| gen. | n three-stranded | 三連 |
| gen. | n three strikes law | 三振法 (US) |
| gen. | n three-stringed guitar | 三味 |
| gen. | n three-stringed instrument | 三弦 news2 nf40 |
| gen. | n three-stringed instrument | 三絃 |
| gen. | n three-stringed Japanese lute | 三線 |
| gen. | n three-stringed Japanese lute | 三味線 news1 nf14 |
| gen. | n three-striped butterflyfish | ロードハウバタフライフィッシュ (Chaetodon tricinctus) |
| gen. | n three-stroke alarm | 三つ半 |
| gen. | n three summer months | 三夏 |
| gen. | n three sun | 三寸 (ca. 9.1 cm) |
| gen. | n three temporal states of existence | 過現未 |
| gen. | n three-three-seven rhythmic clapping pattern | 三三七拍子 |
| gen. | n three-tiered court system | 三審制度 |
| gen. | n three times | 三次 news1 nf16 |
| gen. | n three times | 三度 news1 nf13 |
| gen. | n three times | 三倍 |
| gen. | n three times | ３倍 |
| gen. | n three times | 三回 |
| gen. | n-adv three times a day | 三度三度 (of meals) |
| gen. | exp three times a week | 週三回 |
| gen. | n yoji three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups | 三三九度 |
| gen. | n yoji three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups | 三々九度 |
| gen. | n uk three-toed sloth | 三指樹懶 |
| gen. | n three types of relatives | 三族 (e.g. father, children and grandchildren parents, siblings, wife and children etc.) |
| gen. | n adj-no three varieties | 三種 news1 nf19 |
| gen. | three vessel disease | 肝動脈三枝病変 |
| gen. | in three volumes | 上中下 (a literary work) |
| gen. | n three-way | 三段構え |
| gen. | three way catalytic converter system | 三元触媒システム |
| gen. | n three-way contest | 鼎立戦 |
| gen. | n three-way deadlock | 三竦み |
| gen. | n three-way deadlock | 三すくみ |
| gen. | n three-way sexual relationship | 三人婚 |
| gen. | n three-way speaker | スリー・ウエー・スピーカー |
| gen. | n three-way speaker | スリーウエースピーカー |
| gen. | three way stopcock | 三方コック (sanbō-kokku) |
| gen. | three way stopcock | 三方活栓 |
| gen. | three-way valve | 三方弁 (sanpōben) |
| gen. | n three-wheeled bicycle | スリーター |
| gen. | n three wheeled vehicle | 三輪車 news2 nf32 (tricycle, motorcycle, etc.) |
| gen. | n three wheeler | 三輪車 news2 nf32 |
| gen. | n three-wheeler vehicle | オート三輪 (オートさんりん) |
| gen. | n three wheels | 三輪 news1 nf23 |
| gen. | n three wins in a row | 三連勝 |
| gen. | n three winter months | 三冬 |
| gen. | three wire method | 三針法 |
| gen. | three wire system | 三線式結線法 |
| gen. | three wire system | 三線式 (sansenshiki) |
| gen. | n Three Wise Men | 三博士 |
| gen. | n three wise monkeys | 三猿 (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil") |
| gen. | exp obsc Three women make a market | 女三人寄れば姦し |
| gen. | n three words | 三言 |
| gen. | n three-year-old | 三つ子 |
| gen. | n three years | ３年 |
| gen. | n three years | 三年 |
| gen. | n three years | 三秋 |
| gen. | n-adv n-t yoji three years back | 一昨昨年 (ago) |
| gen. | n-adv n-t yoji three years back | 一昨々年 (ago) |
| gen. | exp n three years on a cold stone | 石の上にも三年 (will make the stone warm) |
| gen. | n traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven | 長歌 |
| gen. | n triangle having three sides of different lengths | 不等辺三角形 (ふとうへん・さんかくけい) |
| gen. | n triangular three-pillar torii | 三柱鳥居 |
| gen. | twenty-three days | ２３日 |
| gen. | twenty-three days | 二十三日 |
| gen. | n two or three | 両三 |
| gen. | n-adv two or three | 二三 news2 nf29 |
| gen. | n two or three days | 両三日 |
| gen. | adv adv-to twos and threes | ちらりほらり |
| gen. | n vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution | 短期大学 ichi1 news1 nf23 |
| gen. | n wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand | 嵌張待ち |
| gen. | n uk wait to turn either of two pairs into a three-of-a-kind to finish one's hand | 双碰 |
| gen. | n uk wait to turn either of two pairs into a three-of-a-kind to finish one's hand | 双ポン |
| gen. | n winner of Japan's three main horse races | 三冠馬 news1 nf24 |
| gen. | n winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles | 大三元 |
| gen. | n winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind | 小四喜 |
| gen. | n winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit i.e. 1-9 as three chows | 一気通貫 |
| gen. | n winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits | 三色同順 |
| gen. | n winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits | 三色同刻 |
| gen. | n winning hand containing three kongs | 三槓子 |
| gen. | adj-no with three meals served | 三食賄い付き |