expression:

• two heads are better than one; if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri [literal] - proverb ➜ 文殊

noun:

• Neoharriotta (genus with three species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

noun:

• Rhinochimaera (genus with three species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

noun:

• Alopiidae; family with three species of thresher sharks all within the genus Alopias

noun:

• court noble; nobility ➜ 公家【くげ】
• three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government) ［こうけい］

noun:

• twenty-third day of the month
• twenty-three days

noun:

• magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave

noun:

• bracing oneself up to action, being inspired by something; getting down to work, putting heart and soul into it; tackling (a job) with gusto - four character idiom

noun:

• journey; course; distance; march; flight; drive; leg (of a journey, relay race, etc.)
• itinerary
• stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)

noun:

• ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.)
• program (e.g. theatre)

noun / suffix noun:

• art; technique
• means; way
• trick; trap; plot; stratagem
• magic

noun:

• pinning technique (in wrestling or judo) - Martial Arts, Sumo term
• underhanded dealings

expression:

• better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow [literal] - proverb

noun:

• three sides of right triangle (minor cathetus, major cathetus & hypotenuse) - obscure term

noun / suffix noun:

• edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road) - sometimes べり as a suffix
• rim; brim; hem; margin; fringe; selvage
• fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging

noun:

• Orectolobidae (family containing eleven species in three genera of carpet sharks known as wobbegongs)

noun:

• Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝【さんぼう】
• dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) - usually written using kana alone
• roller (any bird of family Coraciidae) - usually written using kana alone
• Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) ➜ 声の仏法僧

noun:

• homeroom; form room; form class ➜ ホームルーム
• home run - Baseball term ➜ ホームラン
• human resources ➜ ヒューマンリソース
• heart rate
• house of representatives

noun:

• wicket gate; wooden door
• entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)

noun:

• rematch (e.g. in sumo when the match is too close to decide)

noun:

• work using the hands; handwork ［手業］
• hand throwing technique (judo) - usu. 手技 - Martial Arts term

noun:

• competing in earnest (esp. in sumo) - slang

noun:

• Mongolian wrestling; Mongolian sumo

noun:

• child (esp. a boy)
• viscount ➜ 子爵
• master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius) - honorific language
• philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings ➜ 諸子百家
• you (of one's equals) - archaism

suffix noun:

• -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)

noun:

• bill; account
• very successful amateur wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division - Sumo term