expression / interjection:

• Homage to the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha) - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝【さんぼう】

noun:

• folk song sung to shamisen accompaniment

noun:

• air guitar (imaginary instrument used when pretending to play the guitar)

noun:

• the three main gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children - Shintō term

noun:

• nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope ➜ 陰陽道・一白【いっぱく】・二黒【じこく】・三碧【さんぺき】・四緑【しろく】・五黄【ごおう】・六白【ろっぱく】・七赤【しちせき】・八白【はっぱく】・九紫【きゅうし】

noun:

• the three main Shinto gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children ➜ 三柱の神

noun:

• big three dragons; winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. Feb. 4) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• luck, steadfastness and patience (the three keys to achieving success)

noun:

• prisoner (for one to three years under the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 徒【ず】

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit) - abbreviation ➜ 身八つ口

noun:

• way

suffix:

• person

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to wind; to coil; to roll; to wear (e.g. turban, scarf)
• to envelope; to shroud - usu. 巻かれる
• to outflank; to skirt
• to link (verse) ➜ 付合【つけあい】

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to move ahead (three hours, etc.); to move up

noun:

• breast
• rounded part on the upper end of shamisen neck

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

noun:

• ceremony of allowing the hair to grow at age three

noun / ~の noun:

• metropolitan; municipal

noun:

• whetstone; grindstone ➜ 砥石【といし】

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• three autumn months; three fall months; three years

noun:

• first three days of the New Year (January 1st to 3rd)

noun:

• the three most important cities (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)