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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 三 |
さん |
(num) three |
68 |
| 三 |
み |
(num) three |
68 |
| 世紀 |
せいき |
(n) century; era |
258 |
| 紀元前 |
きげんぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) pre-era; B.C. |
1078 |
| 三重 |
さんじゅう |
(n) triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate |
1582 |
| 三菱 |
みつびし |
Mitsubishi (company) |
2120 |
| 紀元 |
きげん |
(n) (1) era; (2) A.D. (Christian era) |
2699 |
| 三振 |
さんしん |
(n,vs) strike out (baseball); fanning out |
3516 |
| 三国志 |
さんごくし |
Annals of the Three Kingdoms |
4239 |
| 三男 |
さんなん |
(n) three men; third son |
5007 |
| 三つ |
みっつ |
(n) three |
5066 |
| 皇紀 |
こうき |
(n) Imperial era |
5332 |
| 三角 |
さんかく |
(n) triangle; triangular |
6601 |
| 紀行 |
きこう |
(n) traveller's journal |
6617 |
| 日本書紀 |
にほんしょき |
Nihon-shoki (the oldest chronicles of Japan) |
6933 |
| 第三者 |
だいさんしゃ |
(n) third person; outsider; disinterested person |
7140 |
| 紀勢本線 |
きせいほんせん |
Kisei Main Line (Wakayama-Mie Railway) |
8272 |
| 三日月 |
みかずき |
(ik) (n) new moon; crescent moon |
8386 |
| 三日月 |
みかづき |
(n) new moon; crescent moon |
8386 |
| 三角形 |
さんかくけい |
(adj-no,n) triangle |
8605 |
| 三角形 |
さんかっけい |
(adj-no,n) triangle |
8605 |
| 畳 |
じょう |
-tatami mats (counter) |
8649 |
| 畳 |
たたみ |
(n) tatami mat (Japanese straw floor coverings) |
8649 |
| 三塁打 |
さんるいだ |
(n) three-base hit; triple |
8826 |
| 三味線 |
さみせん |
(n) three-stringed Japanese guitar; shamisen |
9074 |
| 三味線 |
しゃみせん |
(n) three-stringed Japanese guitar; shamisen |
9074 |
| 三塁手 |
さんるいしゅ |
(n) third baseman |
9821 |
| 三塁 |
さんるい |
(n) third base |
9898 |
| 三越 |
みつこし |
Mitsukoshi (department store) |
10014 |
| 千年紀 |
せんねんき |
(n) millennium |
10501 |
| 三種 |
さんしゅ |
(n) three kinds; three varieties |
10691 |
| 御三家 |
ごさんけ |
(n) (1) three branch Tokugawa families; (2) big (top) three |
11054 |
| 三次 |
さんじ |
(n) three times; cubic |
12711 |
| 三月 |
さんがつ |
(n-adv) March |
13298 |
| 三月 |
みつき |
three months |
13298 |
| 三蔵 |
さんぞう |
(n) three branches of Buddhist sutras |
13488 |
| 三省堂 |
さんせいどう |
Sanseido (publisher) |
13584 |
| 三方 |
さんぼう |
(n) three sides; small offering stand |
13878 |
| 三方 |
さんぽう |
(n) three sides; small offering stand |
13878 |
| 三輪 |
さんりん |
(n) three wheels |
14446 |
| 再三 |
さいさん |
(adv,n) again and again; repeatedly |
15364 |
| 折り畳む |
おりたたむ |
(v5m) to fold up; to fold into layers |
15891 |
| 三昧 |
さんまい |
(n) self-effacement; concentration; absorption |
17195 |
| 三洋 |
さんよう |
Sanyo (company) |
17195 |
| 三宝 |
さんぼう |
(n) 3 treasures of Buddhism: Buddha, sutras and priesthood |
17440 |
| 三宝 |
さんぽう |
(n) 3 treasures of Buddhism: Buddha, sutras and priesthood |
17440 |
| 記紀 |
きき |
the Kojiki and Nihonshoki |
17505 |
| ジュラ紀 |
ジュラき |
(adj-na,n) Jurassic Period; Jurassic |
17685 |
| 三位一体 |
さんみいったい |
(n) the Trinity |
18025 |
| 風紀 |
ふうき |
(n) public morals |
18538 |
| 紀要 |
きよう |
(n) bulletin; memoirs |
19170 |
| 三冠王 |
さんかんおう |
(n) winner of triple crown (baseball) |
19235 |
| 正三角形 |
せいさんかくけい |
(n) equilateral triangle; regular triangle |
19269 |
| 正三角形 |
せいさんかっけい |
(n) equilateral triangle; regular triangle |
19269 |
| 三軍 |
さんぐん |
(n) great army; mighty host; whole army |
19861 |
| 三春 |
さんしゅん |
(n) three spring months |
19961 |
| 三叉路 |
さんさろ |
(n) three-forked road |
20749 |
| 三門 |
さんもん |
(n) large triple gate to temple |
20782 |
| 十三 |
じゅうさん |
13; thirteen |
20782 |
| 三脚 |
さんきゃく |
(adj-no,n) tripod; three legs |
21615 |
| 三国 |
さんごく |
(n) three countries |
22001 |
| 三角州 |
さんかくす |
(n) delta |
22259 |
| 綱紀 |
こうき |
(ateji) (n) law and order; discipline |
22305 |
| 三つ巴 |
みつどもえ |
(n) 3 fat-comma shapes arranged to form a circle |
22341 |
| 三和音 |
さんわおん |
(n) triad |
22385 |
| 三原色 |
さんげんしょく |
(n) three primary colors |
22570 |
| 石畳 |
いしだたみ |
(n) stone paving |
22615 |
| 三人称 |
さんにんしょう |
(n) (gram) third person |
23088 |
| 三叉 |
さんさ |
(adj-no,n) three-pronged fork; three-pronged |
23134 |
| 三省 |
さんせい |
(n) frequent reflection (meditation) |
23460 |
| 三拍子 |
さんびょうし |
(n) triple time (music); 3 important requisites |
23686 |
| 今世紀 |
こんせいき |
(n) this century |
24495 |
| 三つ子 |
みつご |
(n) 3-year old; triplets |
24495 |
| 三羽烏 |
さんばがらす |
(n) trio; triumvirate; three famous retainers |
24627 |
| 三景 |
さんけい |
(n) three famous beauty spots |
24699 |
| 三枚目 |
さんまいめ |
(n) comedian |
24848 |
| 紀伊國屋 |
きのくにや |
Large bookstore with big foreign book section (main branch, Shinjuku) |
24980 |
| 畳む |
たたむ |
(v5m) to fold (clothes) |
25113 |
| 三段跳び |
さんだんとび |
(n) hop, step and jump |
25224 |
| 三が日 |
さんがにち |
(n) first three days of the new year |
25286 |
| 三股 |
さんまた |
(n) forked stick |
25286 |
| 三輪車 |
さんりんしゃ |
(n) three wheeled vehicle (tricycle, motorcycle, etc); three wheeler |
25423 |
| 三界 |
さんがい |
(n) past, present and future existences |
25918 |
| 三面 |
さんめん |
(n) three sides; three faces; page three (of a newspaper) |
26001 |
| 四畳半 |
よじょうはん |
(n) 4 1; 2 Tatami mats |
26494 |
| 四半世紀 |
しはんせいき |
(n) quarter of a century |
26730 |
| 畳み込む |
たたみこむ |
(v5m) to fold in; to bear deep in mind; to follow up |
26893 |
| 三権 |
さんけん |
(n) the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial) |
26991 |
| 重畳 |
ちょうじょう |
(n) piled one upon another; excellent; splendid |
27153 |
| 三流 |
さんりゅう |
(n) 3rd rate |
27801 |
| 第三国 |
だいさんごく |
(n) a third country |
27801 |
| 三権分立 |
さんけんぶんりつ |
(n) separation of powers (legislative, executive and judicial) |
27901 |
| 二等辺三角形 |
にとうへんさんかくけい |
(n) isosceles triangle |
28200 |
| 二等辺三角形 |
にとうへんさんかっけい |
(n) isosceles triangle |
28200 |
| 三唱 |
さんしょう |
(n) 3 cheers; singing three times |
28567 |
| 二人三脚 |
ににんさんきゃく |
(n) a three-legged race |
28681 |
| 紀元節 |
きげんせつ |
(n) (historical) Empire Day |
28975 |
| 三重奏 |
さんじゅうそう |
(n) instrumental trio |
29190 |
| 三十路 |
みそじ |
(n) age thirty |
29632 |
| 三世 |
さんせい |
children of nisei; 3rd generation in US |
29962 |
| 三世 |
さんぜ |
(n) past and present and future existences |
29962 |
| 三助 |
さんすけ |
(n) male bathhouse attendant |
30688 |
| 三途の川 |
さんずのかわ |
(n) the River Styx |
30688 |
| 三段論法 |
さんだんろんぽう |
(n) syllogism |
30832 |
| 西紀 |
せいき |
(n) Christian era |
30832 |
| 三徳 |
さんとく |
(n) three primary virtues: valour, wisdom and benevolence |
31224 |
| 元三 |
がんざん |
(n-adv,n-t) New Year's Day; January 1 to 3 |
31368 |
| 三つ葉 |
みつば |
(n) honeywort; wild chervil |
31368 |
| 二三 |
にさん |
(n-adv,n-t) two or three |
32216 |
| 三角柱 |
さんかくちゅう |
(n) triangular prism |
32648 |
| 三文 |
さんもん |
(n) cheapness; farthing |
32648 |
| 党紀 |
とうき |
(n) party discipline |
33462 |
| 畳表 |
たたみおもて |
(n) mat facing |
33636 |
| 三業 |
さんぎょう |
(n) business consisting of restaurant, brothel and geisha service |
33830 |
| 三業 |
さんごう |
(n) business consisting of restaurant, brothel and geisha service |
33830 |
| 三半規管 |
さんはんきかん |
(n) semicircular canals |
34034 |
| 三番 |
さんばん |
(n) third; no. three |
34034 |
| 三日 |
みっか |
(n) three days; the third day (of the month) |
34381 |
| 三角波 |
さんかくなみ |
(n) choppy sea; chopping waves |
34761 |
| 三角波 |
さんかくは |
(n) choppy sea; chopping waves |
34761 |
| 七五三 |
しちごさん |
(n) (1) festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; (2) lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3 |
34761 |
| 三曲 |
さんきょく |
(n) instrumental trio |
35357 |
| 三千世界 |
さんぜんせかい |
(n) the whole world; the universe |
35357 |
| 三国一 |
さんごくいち |
(n) unparalleled in Japan and China and India |
35577 |
| 三猿 |
さんえん |
(n) three wise monkeys who see and hear and speak no evil |
35778 |
| 三猿 |
みざる |
(ik) (n) three wise monkeys who see and hear and speak no evil |
35778 |
| 三杯酢 |
さんばいず |
(n) mixture of vinegar, soy sauce, and sugar |
35778 |
| 三本 |
さんぼん |
three (long cylindrical things) |
35968 |
| 三椏 |
みつまた |
(n) paper bush |
36169 |
| 軍紀 |
ぐんき |
(n) military discipline |
36396 |
| 三絃 |
さんげん |
(n) 3-stringed instrument; samisen |
36396 |
| 三女 |
さんじょ |
(n) third daughter |
36396 |
| 三代 |
さんだい |
(n) three generations; the third |
36396 |
| 畳み掛ける |
たたみかける |
(v1) (uk) to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone |
37405 |
| 三者 |
さんしゃ |
(n) three persons; three parties |
38280 |
| 三角巾 |
さんかくきん |
(n) triangle bandage |
38888 |
| 三段跳 |
さんだんとび |
(n) hop, step and jump |
38888 |
| 紀律 |
きりつ |
(n) rules; regulations; discipline |
39227 |
| 三つ又 |
みつまた |
(n) 3-pronged fork |
40619 |
| 三面六臂 |
さんめんろっぴ |
(n) rush of business; versatility; man who can do the work of many |
41039 |
| 三竦み |
さんすくみ |
(n) three-way deadlock |
41039 |
| 畳屋 |
たたみや |
(n) matmaker; mat dealer |
41039 |
| 畳語 |
じょうご |
(n) syllable repetition (indicating plurals) |
41039 |
| 二束三文 |
にそくさんもん |
(n) dirt cheap; very cheap |
41039 |
| 三弦 |
さんげん |
(n) 3-stringed instrument; samisen |
41444 |
| 三枚 |
さんまい |
(n) comedy |
41444 |
| 芳紀 |
ほうき |
(n) age (of a young lady); sweet seventeen |
41444 |
| 三本締め |
さんぼんじめ |
(n) hand-clapping patter (at start of party) |
41904 |
| 三つ組 |
みつぐみ |
(n) set of three |
42342 |
| 三行半 |
さんぎょうはん |
3 lines and a half |
42342 |