三

Organization name

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation

Idiomatic expression

to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior)

Sumo

triple attack force out

the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; Mencius' mother, three moves

Military

major (JGSDF)

tic-tac-toe; noughts and crosses

triangular tin; triangular can

turning thirty and therefore becoming independent; at thirty, one stands on one's own

Proverb

the wrongdoer never lacks a pretext; even thieves have their reasons; give the devil his due

In ref. to 密閉, 密集, 密接

three Cs; three conditions that facilitate the transmission of infectious diseases (closed spaces, crowds, and close contact)

three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing)

Proverb

best is Fuji, second is a hawk, third is an eggplant (of auspicious things to see in a dream, esp. one's first dream of the year)

Company name

Mitsubishi Corporation

cheap, malt-free beer-like alcoholic beverage

32nd anniversary of death

tritium

Company name

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (now Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ)

being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another

Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture

the third estate; the bourgeoisie

Three Principles on arms exports

arched eyebrows

triangular three-pillar torii

Geometry

scalene (triangle)