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| This kanji has 3 strokes: a single stroke in the "one" radical 一 (いち) and 2 other strokes | ||
| Sample Compounds (200): | ||
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三 み |
three |
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2.
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三角形 さんかくけい |
triangle, three-cornered polygon |
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3.
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三本 さんぼん |
three (long cylindrical things) |
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4.
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三塁打 さんるいだ |
three-base hit, triple |
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三十日 みそか |
last day of month |
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6.
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三振 さんしん |
strike out (baseball), fanning out |
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7.
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三次 さんじ |
three times, cubic |
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8.
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三十八度線 さんじゅうはちどせん |
the Thirty-eighth Parallel |
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9.
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三千 さんぜん |
3000, many |
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10.
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三女 さんじょ |
third daughter |
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11.
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三つ みっつ |
three |
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12.
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三冠馬 さんかんば |
winner of Japan''s three main horse races |
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13.
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三省 さんせい |
frequent reflection (meditation) |
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14.
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第三国 だいさんごく |
a third country |
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15.
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三人 さんにん |
three people |
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16.
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三枚 さんまい |
comedy |
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17.
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三選 さんせん |
third-term election |
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18.
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三月 さんがつ |
March |
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19.
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三重 さんじゅう |
triple, treble, threefold, three-ply, triplicate |
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20.
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三役 さんやく |
three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.) |
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21.
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第三者 だいさんしゃ |
third person, outsider, disinterested person |
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22.
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三男 さんなん |
three men, third son |
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23.
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三種 さんしゅ |
three kinds, three varieties |
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24.
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三権 さんけん |
the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial) |
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25.
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七五三 しちごさん |
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3, lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3 |
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26.
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三洋 さんよう |
Sanyo (company) |
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27.
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五十三次 ごじゅうさんつぎ |
the 53 Toukaidou stages |
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28.
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三百 さんびゃく |
300, three hundred, 300 mon, trifling amount, two-bit item, shyster |
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29.
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三味線 しゃみせん |
three-stringed Japanese guitar, shamisen |
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30.
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三日 みっか |
three days, the third day (of the month) |
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31.
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三流 さんりゅう |
3rd rate |
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32.
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三角 さんかく |
triangle, triangular |
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33.
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三十 さんじゅう |
thirty |
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34.
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三国 さんごく |
three countries |
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35.
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三度 さんど |
three times |
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36.
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三部 さんぶ |
three parts, three copies |
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37.
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三代 さんだい |
three generations, three periods, third generation |
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38.
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三輪 さんりん |
three wheels |
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39.
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三者 さんしゃ |
three persons, three parties |
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40.
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再三 さいさん |
again and again, repeatedly |
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41.
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三越 みつこし |
Mitsukoshi (department store) |
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42.
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三塁 さんるい |
third base |
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43.
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奪三振 だつさんしん |
striking a batter out |
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44.
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十三 じゅうさん |
13, thirteen |
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45.
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三方 さんぼう |
three sides, small offering stand |
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46.
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三日月 みかづき |
new moon, crescent moon |
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47.
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三部作 さんぶさく |
trilogy |
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48.
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二人三脚 ににんさんきゃく |
three-legged race, cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies) |
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49.
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三塁手 さんるいしゅ |
third baseman |
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50.
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三 さん |
three |
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51.
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三時 さんじ |
3 o''clock, 3 o''clock snack |
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52.
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三者凡退 さんしゃぼんたい |
out in 1-2-3 order (baseball) |
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53.
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造化の三神 ぞうかのさんじん |
the three creator gods (Amanominakanushi no Kami, Takamimusuhi no Kami & Kamimusuhi no Kami) |
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54.
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三食賄い付き さんしょくまかないつき |
with three meals served |
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55.
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万歳三唱 ばんざいさんしょう |
three cheers (lit: shout ''banzai'' three times) |
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56.
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三冬 さんとう |
three winter months |
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57.
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三光作戦 さんこうさくせん |
Three Alls Strategy, Three Lights Strategy (Japanese scorched earth policy during the second Sino-Japanese War) |
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58.
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三幅対 さんぷくつい |
set of three |
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59.
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三時のおやつ さんじのおやつ |
afternoon refreshment, afternoon tea |
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60.
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三面記事 さんめんきじ |
human-interest article, page-three news, police news |
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61.
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逆三角関数 ぎゃくさんかくかんすう |
(math) inverse trigonometric function |
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62.
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女三人寄れば姦しい おんなさんにんよればかしましい |
wherever women gather it is noisy |
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63.
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三春 さんしゅん |
three spring months |
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64.
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三王礼拝 さんおうれいはい |
Adoration of the Magi |
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65.
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二足三文 にそくさんもん |
dirt cheap, very cheap |
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66.
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三大洋 さんたいよう |
three great oceans (Pacific, Atlantic & Indian) |
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67.
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三業 さんごう |
business consisting of restaurant, brothel and geisha service |
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68.
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三番 さんばん |
third, no. three |
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69.
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三国同盟 さんごくどうめい |
triple alliance |
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70.
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お三時 おさんじ |
three-o''clock snack |
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71.
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三つ半 みつばん |
three-stroke alarm |
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72.
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張三李四 ちょうさんりし |
the common run of men, the average Joe, good-for-nothing (person) |
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73.
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三節棍 さんせつこん |
three-section staff |
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74.
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三角竜 さんかくりゅう |
triceratops (dinosaur) |
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75.
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三日月眉 みかづきまゆ |
arched eyebrows |
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76.
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三者面談 さんしゃめんだん |
parent and child meeting (with teacher for course, career guidance, etc.) |
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77.
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三々九度 さんさんくど |
three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups |
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78.
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大砲三門 たいほうさんもん |
three cannons |
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79.
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三伸 さんしん |
second postscript |
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80.
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三角形 さんかっけい |
triangle, three-cornered polygon |
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81.
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無二無三 むにむさん |
in earnest, single-minded, with intense concentration, rushing headlong into, one and only, unique |
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82.
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三等 さんとう |
third class |
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83.
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三后 さんこう |
Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort |
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84.
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三分 さんぶん |
to divide into three (parts), to trisect |
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85.
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三時のお八つ さんじのおやつ |
afternoon refreshment, afternoon tea |
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86.
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三面鏡 さんめんきょう |
three-sided mirror |
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87.
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逆三角形 ぎゃくさんかくけい |
inverted triangle |
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88.
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上腕三頭筋 じょうわんさんとうきん |
triceps brachii muscle |
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89.
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三所攻め みところぜめ |
triple attack force out (sumo) |
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90.
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三下 さんした |
underling |
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91.
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二転三転 にてんさんてん |
change again and again, seesaw back and forth, be in a state of flux, backtrack repeatedly |
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92.
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三嘆 さんたん |
praise, admiration, repeatedly crying |
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93.
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三業地 さんぎょうち |
licensed red-light quarters |
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94.
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三番稽古 さんばんげいこ |
a row of training matches with the same opponent (sumo) |
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95.
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三混 さんこん |
combined vaccination for diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus |
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96.
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三本勝負 さんぼんしょうぶ |
a set of three bouts, three-game match, three-bout contest |
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97.
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これより三役 これよりさんやく |
final three bouts on the last day of a sumo tournament |
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98.
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三連 さんれん |
three-stranded |
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99.
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三十年戦争 さんじゅうねんせんそう |
the Thirty Years'' War |
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100.
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三つ編み みつあみ |
braided cord |
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101.
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朝三暮四 ちょうさんぼし |
being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance |
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102.
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三仙叉 さんせんさ |
trident dagger |
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103.
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三角槭 さんかくかえで |
trident maple (tree) (Acer buergerianum) |
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104.
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三日三晩 みっかみばん |
3 days and 3 nights |
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105.
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三尺 さんじゃく |
3 Japanese feet, waistband, belt, cloth girdle |
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106.
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三々五々 さんさんごご |
in groups of twos and threes, in small groups |
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107.
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第三 だいさん |
the third |
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108.
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三角系異常 さんかくけいいじょう |
(math) triangle anomaly |
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109.
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無二無三 むにむざん |
in earnest, single-minded, with intense concentration, rushing headlong into, one and only, unique |
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110.
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三等軍曹 さんとうぐんそう |
sergeant |
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111.
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三更 さんこう |
third watch of the night (approx. 11 pm to 1 am) |
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112.
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三分 さんぷん |
three minutes |
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113.
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三面六臂 さんめんろっぴ |
rush of business, versatility, man who can do the work of many |
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114.
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逆三角形 ぎゃくさんかっけい |
inverted triangle |
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115.
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新三役 しんさんやく |
sumo wrestler newly promoted to a san''yaku rank |
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116.
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三助 さんすけ |
male bathhouse attendant |
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117.
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三下り半 みくだりはん |
letter of divorce |
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118.
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二度三度 にどさんど |
again and again |
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119.
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三段構え さんだんかまえ |
triple, three-way, threefold |
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120.
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三曲 さんきょく |
instrumental trio |
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121.
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三番鶏 さんばんどり |
third cockcrowing |
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122.
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三佐 さんさ |
major (JSDF) |
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123.
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三本足 さんぼんあし |
three legs (two legs and a cane) |
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124.
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アデノシン三燐酸 アデノシンさんりんさん |
adenosine triphosphate, ATP |
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125.
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三連勝 さんれんしょう |
three wins in a row |
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126.
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三つ又 みつまた |
three-pronged (fork) |
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127.
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直角三角形 ちょっかくさんかっけい |
right triangle |
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128.
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三割自治 さんわりじち |
the "thirty-percent autonomy" of local governments |
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129.
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三日三夜 みっかみよ |
3 days and 3 nights |
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130.
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三尺さがって師の影を踏まず さんじゃくさがってしのかげをふまず |
a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour) |
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131.
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三が日 さんがにち |
first three days of the New Year (January 1st to 3rd) |
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132.
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第三のビール だいさんのビール |
cheap, malt-free beer-like alcoholic beverage (lit: "third beer") |
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133.
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三親等 さんしんとう |
kinsman of the third degree (of consanguinity) |
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134.
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三角座 さんかくざ |
(constellation) Triangle |
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135.
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孟母三遷 もうぼさんせん |
the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child''s learning (lit: Mencius'' mother, three moves) |
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136.
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三等賞 さんとうしょう |
third prize |
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137.
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三校 さんこう |
third proof |
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138.
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三分の一 さんぶんのいち |
one third, a third part |
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139.
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三次元 さんじげん |
three dimensions |
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140.
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三毛 みけ |
tortoise-shell (pattern) |
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141.
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宮中三殿 きゅうちゅうさんでん |
the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace |
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142.
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神道十三派 しんとうじゅうさんぱ |
the thirteen sects of Sect Shinto (Fuso-kyo, Taisha-kyo, Jikko-kyo, Konko-kyo, Kurozumi-kyo, Misogi-kyo, Ontake-kyo, Shinri-kyo, Shinshu-kyo, Shinto Shusei-ha, Shinto Taikyo, Taisei-kyo, Tenri-kyo) |
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143.
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三下奴 さんしたやっこ |
petty underling |
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144.
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二等辺三角形 にとうへんさんかくけい |
isosceles triangle |
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145.
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三段構え さんだんがまえ |
triple, three-way, threefold |
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146.
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三軍 さんぐん |
great army, mighty host, whole army |
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147.
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三番出世 さんばんしゅっせ |
newly recruited sumo wrestlers in the third round of presentation after mae-zumo |
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148.
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三叉 さんさ |
three-pronged (fork) |
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149.
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三本締め さんぼんじめ |
hand-clapping patter (at start of party) |
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150.
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オート三輪 オートさんりん |
three-wheeler vehicle |
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151.
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三連符 さんれんぷ |
triplet |
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152.
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三十路 みそじ |
age thirty, one''s thirties |
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153.
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三つ紋 みつもん |
triple family crest |
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154.
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定言的三段論法 ていげんてきさんだんろんぽう |
categorical syllogism |
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155.
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三千世界 さんぜんせかい |
the whole world, the universe |
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156.
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三冠王 さんかんおう |
winner of triple crown (baseball) |
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157.
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三日酔い みっかよい |
hangover (that still lingers two days after drinking) |
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158.
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三尺の秋水 さんじゃくのしゅうすい |
sharpened sword |
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159.
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第三階級 だいさんかいきゅう |
the third estate, the bourgeoisie |
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160.
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三身 さんしん |
(Buddh) trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha) |
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161.
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三角州 さんかくす |
delta |
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162.
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目を三角にして怒る めをさんかくにしておこる |
to be really angry |
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163.
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三等親 さんとうしん |
third degree of kinship |
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164.
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三校終了 さんこうしゅうりょう |
third and final proof |
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165.
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三分法 さんぶんほう |
trichotomy |
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166.
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三次元映画 さんじげんえいが |
3D movie |
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167.
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三毛作 さんもうさく |
three crops a year |
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168.
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球面三角法 きゅうめんさんかくほう |
spherical trigonometry |
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169.
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刃物三昧 はものざんまい |
(engaging in a) knife fight |
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170.
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三唱 さんしょう |
3 cheers, singing three times |
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171.
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三下半 みくだりはん |
letter of divorce |
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172.
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二等辺三角形 にとうへんさんかっけい |
isosceles triangle |
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173.
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三段跳 さんだんとび |
triple jump, hop, step and jump |
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174.
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三景 さんけい |
three famous beauty spots |
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175.
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三番勝負 さんばんしょうぶ |
three-game match, three-bout contest, a rubber (in a card game) |
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176.
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三叉 みつまた |
three-pronged (fork) |
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177.
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三本立て映画 さんぼんたてえいが |
triple feature (movie) |
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178.
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グアノシン三燐酸 グアノシンさんりんさん |
guanosine triphosphate, GTP |
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179.
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三論 さんろん |
Buddhist sect originating in the seventh century |
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180.
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三十六計 さんじゅうろっけい |
the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat) |
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181.
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三つ葉 みつば |
honeywort, wild chervil |
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182.
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東海道五十三次 とうかいどうごじゅうさんつぎ |
fifty-three stages on the Tokaido (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan) |
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183.
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三線 さんしん |
Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen |
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184.
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三日天下 みっかてんか |
short-lived rule, being in power only for a brief period, brief championship |
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185.
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三尺の童子 さんじゃくのどうじ |
mere child |
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186.
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三つどもえの戦い みつどもえのたたかい |
playoff for the tournament win in sumo with three wrestlers participating |
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187.
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第三紀 だいさんき |
the Tertiary period |
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188.
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三身 さんじん |
(Buddh) trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha) |
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189.
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三角洲 さんかくす |
delta |
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190.
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目を三角にする めをさんかくにする |
to look daggers at someone |
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191.
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三等星 さんとうせい |
third magnitude star |
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192.
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三皇后 さんこうごう |
Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort |
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193.
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三分搗 さんぶつき |
30% polished rice |
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194.
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三軸 さんじく |
triaxial |
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195.
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三毛猫 みけねこ |
tortoise-shell cat, cat with three colors of fur (colours) |
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196.
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胸三寸 むなさんずん |
heart, mind, feelings |
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197.
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垂涎三尺 すいぜんさんじゃく |
avid desire, drooling over (something), watering at the mouth |
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198.
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三化螟蛾 さんかめいが |
yellow stem borer (species of moth, Scirpophaga incertulas) |
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199.
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日独伊三国軍事同盟 にちどくいさんごくぐんじどうめい |
Tripartite Pact (between Japan, Germany and Italy in WWII) |
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200.
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三段跳び さんだんとび |
triple jump, hop, step and jump |