三

New Year's period (January 1 to 3)

three bonds (in Confucianism: master and servant, father and son, husband and wife)

Go (game)

triple ko

From きつい・汚い・危険

difficult, dirty, and dangerous (work)

apartment with three bedrooms and a kitchen

three enlightened men (Buddha, Confucius and Christ; Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha; etc.); three sages; three virtuous men

the three most accomplished people (of a particular craft or trade)

three great people (e.g. of the Meiji Restoration)

Manga slang

wielding three swords

Baseball

player who can play as pitcher, fielder and batter

triangular prism

three-section staff

three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)

さんぞん only; Buddhism

Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas

さんぞん only; Buddhism

The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns

さんぞん only

head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern)

the three people one must esteem: master, father, teacher

Christianity

Three Wise Men; Magi

Go (game)

3-3 point

third degree of kinship

waistband; belt; cloth girdle; obi

Noun or verb acting prenominally

triennial

Buddhism

trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha)

Baseball

three-base hit; triple

three days a week

trilobite

triangular pennant

three summer months

letter of divorce

Shinto

the three main gods (Amaterasu Ōmikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto)