noun:

• combined vaccination for diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus - abbreviation ➜ 三種混合

noun:

• three primary virtues: valour, wisdom and benevolence (valor)

noun:

• kanji "water" radical (radical 85)

noun:

• third son ➜ 三男
• Occella iburia (species of poacher) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort - obscure term ➜ 三后

noun:

• the three phases of matter: solid, liquid and gas

noun:

• three generations
• third generation (immigrant, monarch, etc.); sansei

noun:

• three famous beauty spots

noun:

• forked stick

noun:

• past, present and future existences - Buddhism term
• three generations ［さんぜ］

noun:

• thrice moving from house to house
• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning - abbreviation ➜ 三遷の教え

noun:

• 3-3 point (in go)

noun:

• headstall, martingale, and crupper ➜ 面繋・胸繋・尻繋

noun:

• san jiao (triple heater; functional metabolic organ in Chinese medicine)

noun / ~の noun:

• third rank (in the Japanese court system)

noun:

• trinity (Christianity); the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

noun:

• low-ranking samurai - abbreviation - derogatory term ➜ 三一侍
• rolling three and one (in a dice game) - orig. meaning ➜ ピン

noun:

• three words

noun:

• misuji (cut of beef)
• shamisen; samisen ➜ 三味線【しゃみせん】

noun:

• third stage; three stages

noun:

• male bathhouse attendant

noun:

• three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil") ➜ 見猿・言わ猿・聞か猿

noun:

• third watch of the night (approx. 11 pm to 1 am)

noun:

• three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)

noun:

• adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly ➜ 三拝

noun:

• three methods of Chinese divination (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period)