三

ready-made seal; cheap seal

vinegar, soy sauce and mirin (or sugar) mixed in roughly equal proportions

a woman's three obediences (father, husband and son; according to Buddhist and Confucianist teachings)

Company name

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Pythagorean theorem

Estates General; States-General

shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

Chemistry

trisaccharide

Baseball

stealing third base

Triad (secret Chinese society usually associated with organized crime)

Printing

three dot leader; ellipsis

three-line classified advertisement

Derogatory; Yojijukugo

pettifogging lawyer; unscrupulous or unethical lawyer; shyster

casuist; sophist

Buddhism

three temporal states of existence; past, present and future

さんぜ only

three generations

potbelly; beer belly

Common noun

15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months

Common noun

heaven, earth and man

Common noun

January 1; New Year's Day

Noun or verb acting prenominally; Chemistry

ternary

Company name

Sanyo

Family or surname

San'you

Food, cooking

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

three-cornered battle

toddler clothes (by children after age 3, before age 5); baby clothes

Buddhism

the three deities (Marici, Mahakala, Sarasvati)

Buddhism

the three celestials (Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma)

third prize

triple family crest

Buddhism

threefold training; three divisions of the noble eightfold path