三

oxbow lake; billabong

decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year

Japan's three famous sights

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai)

Company name

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Pythagorean theorem

Proverb; From three 女 kanji forming 姦

three women make a market; many women, many words; three women gathering creates a racket

Proverb

beauty is only skin-deep; one gets tired of a beauty in three days

Printing

three dot leader; ellipsis

three-line classified advertisement

Derogatory; Yojijukugo

pettifogging lawyer; unscrupulous or unethical lawyer; shyster

casuist; sophist

Expressions; Buddhism

Homage to the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha)

Dated term

oh no!; good heavens!; oops

Food, cooking

tricolor dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)

three-cornered battle

(the three) Baltic states; Baltic countries

Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)

three-wheeler truck

Company name

Mitsui Sumitomo; Sumitomo Mitsui

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

threefold repetition of the "ipponjime" 3-3-3-1 hand-clapping pattern to celebrate a conclusion or completion

Derogatory

hack writer; pulp-writer; penny-a-liner; scribbler

three-legged stool

pansy (Viola tricolor var. hortensis); garden pansy

wild pansy (Viola tricolor); heartsease

Buddhism

being deep in prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha