三

Buddhism

three monastic positions with management roles at a temple

third degree of kinship

Mahjong

little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon

Buddhism

the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell

Music

major third

Mathematics

cube root

Buddhism

the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell

trichotomy

licensed red-light quarters

the three weapons for catching criminals (Edo period)

prism

Buddhism

time

Buddhism

meeting; coming together

Buddhism

equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas)

Abbreviation

combined vaccination for diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus

Shinto

three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups

being thrice divorced; three-time divorcee; three x marks (i.e. three names struck from the family register)

education of the head and hand and heart

Medicine; Anatomy

middle toe

three-molt silkworm

Derogatory

low-ranking samurai

three-color printing (red and yellow and blue); three-colour printing

Shinto

three shrines (usu. in ref. to Ise Grand Shrine, Iwashimizu Hachimangū and Kamo Shrine, or Kasuga Grand Shrine)

さんしゃ only

three companies

trigonometric ratio

Sumo

referee officiating bouts of san'yaku ranked wrestlers

Because harvested three times per year

common bean

Fukushima, Niigata dialects

snow pea; mangetout