Words
Words with 三
Kanji 三, meaning three, appears in 988 Japanese vocabulary entries.
三韓出兵
さんかんしゅっぺい
conquest of the three Koreas (legendary military invasion of the Korean kingdoms; 3rd century CE)
三韓征伐
さんかんせいばつ
conquest of the three Koreas (legendary military invasion of the Korean kingdoms; 3rd century CE)
三業
さんぎょう
the three entertainment district enterprises: eating houses, geisha houses, meeting places for assignations, etc.
三光作戦
さんこうさくせん
Three Alls Strategy (Japanese scorched earth policy during the second Sino-Japanese War)
三公社五現業
さんこうしゃごげんぎょう
three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol)
三高
さんこう
high-valued yen, high stock prices and high land prices (usu. in reference to Japan's "bubble era")
三国干渉
さんごくかんしょう
Triple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki)