三

three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)

three wins in a row

filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)

three and a half lines

dime novel

Sumo

playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating

three cheers; three chants; singing three times

triangular sink tidy (usu. used to strain waste)

third year (college) student; junior

Poetical term

the Sun, the Moon and the stars

Hanafuda

three 20-point cards (high-scoring meld)

kanji "water" radical (radical 85)

shamisen; samisen

sanxian (Chinese lute)

the three string instruments used in gagaku (biwa, wagon and sou)

three strings; three-stringed instrument

Slang

staying up all night three nights in a row; triple all-nighter

sanshin; Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen

three-game match; three-bout contest; a rubber (in a card game)

triple; three-way; threefold

Baseball

the hole (between third and short); area between the third baseman and shortstop

performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience; impromptu rakugo story based on three subjects

triangulation point

Baseball

winner of triple crown

(river) delta

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Romance of the Three Kingdoms (14th century novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong)

tricolour flag; tricolor flag

third watch of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am)