Word Meaning 三種の神器

さんしゅのじんぎ sanshu no jingi

三種の神器 is read as さんしゅのじんぎ (sanshu no jingi) and means (set of) three status symbols.

Meaning

English

  1. (set of) three status symbols
  2. three necessities
  3. the Three Sacred Treasures (Mirror, Sword and Jewels)
  4. three sacred emblems of sovereign rule
  5. the three divine symbols of the Japanese imperial throne

Reading

Kana

さんしゅのじんぎ

Romaji

sanshu no jingi

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 42 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Rank 33120 Priority F

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

三種

さんしゅ

three kinds

三神

さんじん

five-grain guardian gods

三種混合

さんしゅこんごう

combined vaccination for diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus

三戦神

さんせんじん

the three guardian deities in time of war (Marici, Mahakala and Vaisravana)

三十番神

さんじゅうばんじん

the thirty guardian deities (one for each day of the lunar month)

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)

武器輸出三原則

ぶきゆしゅつさんげんそく

Three Principles on arms exports

新三種混合ワクチン

しんさんしゅこんごうわくちん

MMR vaccine (for measles, mumps and rubella)

造化の三神

ぞうかのさんじん

the three creator gods (Amanominakanushi no Kami, Takamimusuhi no Kami and Kamimusuhi no Kami)

三塁

さんるい

third base

三振

さんしん

strikeout

三塁打

さんるいだ

three-base hit