三

From きつい・汚い・危険

difficult, dirty, and dangerous (work)

apartment with three bedrooms and a kitchen

meal consisting of soup, rice and three dishes (esp. namasu, nimono and yakimono)

being absorbed in reading

23rd night of a lunar month (esp. 8th month)

moon-waiting party held on 23rd night of a lunar month

Astronomy

Winter Triangle (asterism)

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

three days a week

Proverb

perseverance prevails; three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)

Common error for 舌先三寸

glib tongue; eloquence or flattery designed to deceive

senior grade of the third court rank

Mahjong

big three dragons; winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles

seven to three (chances)

decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year

Japan's three famous sights

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai)

Proverb; From three 女 kanji forming 姦

three women make a market; many women, many words; three women gathering creates a racket

Proverb

beauty is only skin-deep; one gets tired of a beauty in three days

Expressions; Buddhism

Homage to the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha)

Dated term

oh no!; good heavens!; oops

(the three) Baltic states; Baltic countries

Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)

three-wheeler truck

winter wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Geology

Tertiary period

Buddhism

being deep in prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha