Words
Words with 三
Kanji 三, meaning three, appears in 988 Japanese vocabulary entries.
七公三民
しちこうさんみん
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
女は三界に家なし
おんなはさんがいにいえなし
a woman has no home of her own in this world (because in youth, she has to listen to her parents; in adulthood, to her husband; in old age, to her children)
神道十三派
しんとうじゅうさんぱ
the thirteen sects of Sect Shinto (Fuso-kyo, Taisha-kyo, Jikko-kyo, Konko-kyo, Kurozumi-kyo, Misogi-kyo, Ontake-kyo, Shinri-kyo, Shinshu-kyo, Shinto Shusei-ha, Shinto Taikyo, Taisei-kyo, Tenri-kyo)
西国三十三所
さいこくさんじゅうさんしょ
thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara)
造化の三神
ぞうかのさんしん
the three creator gods (Amanominakanushi no Kami, Takamimusuhi no Kami and Kamimusuhi no Kami)