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三
Colloquial
the dreaded 3rd week (in the life of a newborn; when some previously quiet babies suddenly turn colic)
terrifying threes; terrible threes; threenager phase; devilish threes
lost thirty years; period of economic stagnation in Japan that began ca. 1991
Proverb
children pay back their debt to their parents in full by age 3 (through their cuteness)
Historical term
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
Historical term
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
Historical term; Abbreviation
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
Historical term
Unit 731 (biological warfare unit of the Japanese Imperial Army)
Historical term
Third Arab-Israeli War (June 5-10, 1967); Six-Day War
Historical term
Third International; Communist International
Historical term
three great nobles of the Restoration; three statesmen (Okubo Toshimichi, Saigo Takamori and Kido Takayoshi) who played an important role during the Meiji Restoration
Historical term
three cavalry disciplines (dog hunting, hat shooting, and horseback archery)
Historical term
land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent
highest ranking prostitute in Edo's Yoshiwara red-light district (from the Hōreki era onward)