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三
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Abbreviation; Abbr. of 小学校３年(生)
third year of elementary school; third year elementary school student
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heart; mind; feelings
Examples
私の昇進は彼の胸三寸である。
My promotion hangs on his decision.
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three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
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three primary colors (colours)
Examples
三原色を混合すると黒色ができる。
Mixture of the three primary colors creates black.
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Formal or literary term
the three powers (heaven, earth and man)
Examples
私より彼のほうが三才年上です。
He is my senior by three years.
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Formal or literary term
everything in the universe
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trio; triumvirate; three famous retainers
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Rare term
armor, helmet and shield (armour)
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kakurei, kakuun and kakumei (first, fifth and fifty-eighth years of the sexagenary cycle; times of civil unrest according to Onmyōdō)
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three mountains
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three shrines (of Kumano)
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Historical term
three kingdoms (of 14th and 15th-century Okinawa)