Word Meaning 三々五々

さんさんごご sansangogo

三々五々 is read as さんさんごご (sansangogo) and means in groups of twos and threes.

Meaning

English

  1. in groups of twos and threes
  2. in small groups

Reading

Kana

さんさんごご

Romaji

sansangogo

Writing Variants

  • 三三五五 さんさんごご sansangogo

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Yojijukugo Rank 22449 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

三皇五帝

さんこうごてい

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (mythological rulers of ancient China)

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)

七五三

しちごさん

festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3

ウラン二三五

うらんにひゃくさんじゅうご

uranium-235 (U-235)

五十三次

ごじゅうさんつぎ

fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

東海道五十三次

とうかいどうごじゅうさんつぎ

fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

さん

three

three

三つ

みつ

three

三日月

みかずき

new moon

三十

みそ

thirty

三人

みたり

three people

Example Sentences

1

After 11 o'clock the guests began to leave by twos and threes.