| 1 | 石の上にも三年 (いしのうえにもさんねん) |
| (exp) perseverance prevails (lit: even the coldest rock will get warm if sat on for three years) |
| 2 | 益者三友 (えきしゃさんゆう) |
| (exp) There are three types of friends worth having--honest, sincere, and well-informed ones. (Confucius) |
| 3 | お三時 (おさんじ) |
| (n) three-o'clock snack |
| 4 | 駆け付け三杯 (かけつけさんばい) |
| (n) three cups of sake which latecomers to a party are made to drink |
| 5 | これより三役 (これよりさんやく) |
| (n) final three bouts on the last day of a sumo tournament |
| 6 | 御三家 (ごさんけ) |
| (n) (1) three branch Tokugawa families |
| 7 | 三味 (さみ) |
| (n) three-stringed guitar |
| 8 | 三味線 (さみせん) |
| (n) three-stringed Japanese guitar |
| 9 | 三 (さん) |
| (num) three |
| 10 | 三易 (さんえき) |
| (n) three methods of Chinese divination (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period) |
| 11 | 三猿 (さんえん) |
| (n) three wise monkeys who see and hear and speak no evil |
| 12 | 三夏 (さんか) |
| (n) three summer months |
| 13 | 三回 (さんかい) |
| (n) three times |
| 14 | 三角闘争 (さんかくとうそう) |
| (n) three-cornered fight |
| 15 | 三角帽 (さんかくぼう) |
| (n) three-cornered hat |
| 16 | 三寒四温 (さんかんしおん) |
| (n) alternation of three cold and four warm days |
| 17 | 三冠馬 (さんかんば) |
| (n) winner of Japan's three main horse races |
| 18 | 三界流転 (さんがいるてん) |
| (n) endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences (Buddhist) |
| 19 | 三箇日 (さんがにち) |
| (n) first three days of the New Year (January 1st to 3rd) |
| 20 | 三が日 (さんがにち) |
| (n) first three days of the New Year (January 1st to 3rd) |
| 21 | 三脚椅子 (さんきゃくいす) |
| (n) a three-legged stool |
| 22 | 三球三振 (さんきゅうさんしん) |
| (n) fanned on three pitches |
| 23 | 三行広告 (さんぎょうこうこく) |
| (n) three-line classified advertisement |
| 24 | 三組 (さんくみ) |
| (n) set of three |
| 25 | 三景 (さんけい) |
| (n) three famous beauty spots |
| 26 | 三軽 (さんけい) |
| (n) three famous beauty spots |
| 27 | 三権 (さんけん) |
| (n) the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial) |
| 28 | 三絃 (さんげん) |
| (n) three-stringed instrument |
| 29 | 三弦 (さんげん) |
| (n) three-stringed instrument |
| 30 | 三原色 (さんげんしょく) |
| (n) three primary colors |
| 31 | 三鼓 (さんこ) |
| (n) (1) (obsc) the three types of gagaku drums |
| 32 | 三綱 (さんこう) |
| (n) three bonds (in Confucianism: master & servant, father & son, husband & wife) |
| 33 | 三綱 (さんごう) |
| (n) (Buddh) three monastic positions with management roles at a temple |
| 34 | 三国 (さんごく) |
| (n) (1) three countries |
| 35 | 三叉 (さんさ) |
| (n,adj-no) three-pronged (fork) |
| 36 | 三災 (さんさい) |
| (n) the three calamities: fire, flood and storm |
| 37 | 三才 (さんさい) |
| (n) the three powers: heaven, earth and man |
| 38 | 三差路 (さんさろ) |
| (n) three-forked road |
| 39 | 三叉路 (さんさろ) |
| (n) three-forked road |
| 40 | 三々九度 (さんさんくど) |
| (n) three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups |
| 41 | 三三九度 (さんさんくど) |
| (n) three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups |
| 42 | 三三五五 (さんさんごご) |
| (adv) in groups of twos and threes |
| 43 | 三々五々 (さんさんごご) |
| (adv) in groups of twos and threes |
| 44 | 三死 (さんし) |
| (n) three outs |
| 45 | 三者 (さんしゃ) |
| (n) three persons |
| 46 | 三舎 (さんしゃ) |
| (n) (arch) (in the ancient Chinese army) three days' march (approx. 36.5 km) |
| 47 | 三者会談 (さんしゃかいだん) |
| (n) three-cornered conversation |
| 48 | 三者三様 (さんしゃさんよう) |
| (n) each of the three being different from the other two |
| 49 | 三者対立 (さんしゃたいりつ) |
| (n) three-cornered competition |
| 50 | 三者鼎立 (さんしゃていりつ) |
| (n) three parties (forces) opposing one another |
| 51 | 三種 (さんしゅ) |
| (n) three kinds |
| 52 | 三秋 (さんしゅう) |
| (n) three autumn months |
| 53 | 三春 (さんしゅん) |
| (n) three spring months |
| 54 | 三賞 (さんしょう) |
| (n) three special awards for sumo wrestlers at the end of a tournament |
| 55 | 三色 (さんしょく) |
| (n) three colours |
| 56 | 三食 (さんしょく) |
| (n) three meals (a day) |
| 57 | 三色印刷法 (さんしょくいんさつほう) |
| (n) three-color process |
| 58 | 三色版 (さんしょくばん) |
| (n) three-color printing (red and yellow and blue) |
| 59 | 三食賄い付き (さんしょくまかないつき) |
| (adj-no) with three meals served |
| 60 | 三線 (さんしん) |
| (n) (1) Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen |
| 61 | 三身 (さんしん) |
| (n) (Buddh) trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha) |
| 62 | 三次 (さんじ) |
| (n) three times |
| 63 | 三次元 (さんじげん) |
| (n) three dimensions |
| 64 | 三十三所 (さんじゅうさんしょ) |
| (n) any of a number of sets of thirty-three holy places enshrining Avalokitesvara (esp. those comprising a popular pilgrimage in the Kinki region) |
| 65 | 三重塔 (さんじゅうのとう) |
| (n) three-storied pagoda |
| 66 | 三身 (さんじん) |
| (n) (Buddh) trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha) |
| 67 | 三竦み (さんすくみ) |
| (n) three-way deadlock |
| 68 | 三聖 (さんせい) |
| (n) (1) any of a number of lists of three enlightened men, including (but not limited to): Buddha, Confucius and Christ |
| 69 | 三節棍 (さんせつこん) |
| (n) three-section staff |
| 70 | 三世因果 (さんぜいんが) |
| (n) retribution spanning the threes temporal worlds (the present, the past, and the future) |
| 71 | 三相 (さんそう) |
| (n) three phases |
| 72 | 三相交流 (さんそうこうりゅう) |
| (n) three-phase alternating current |
| 73 | 三蔵 (さんぞう) |
| (n) three branches of Buddhist sutras |
| 74 | 三尊仏 (さんぞんぶつ) |
| (n) image of the three honorable (honourable) ones |
| 75 | 三諦 (さんたい) |
| (n) (Buddh) (in Tendai) threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two) |
| 76 | 三体 (さんたい) |
| (n) the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass |
| 77 | 三大洋 (さんたいよう) |
| (n) (obsc) three great oceans (Pacific, Atlantic & Indian) |
| 78 | 三代 (さんだい) |
| (n) (1) three generations |
| 79 | 三諦 (さんだい) |
| (n) (Buddh) (in Tendai) threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two) |
| 80 | 三大疾病 (さんだいしっぺい) |
| (n) three major diseases (cancer, cerebral stroke, acute myocardial infarction) |
| 81 | 三大節 (さんだいせつ) |
| (n) the three big national holidays |
| 82 | 三大都市 (さんだいとし) |
| (n) the three largest cities |
| 83 | 三冬 (さんとう) |
| (n) three winter months |
| 84 | 三徳 (さんとく) |
| (n) three primary virtues: valour, wisdom and benevolence (valor) |
| 85 | 三度 (さんど) |
| (n) three times |
| 86 | 三毒 (さんどく) |
| (n) (Buddh) the three kleshas that poison the heart of man (desire, ill will and ignorance) |
| 87 | 三男 (さんなん) |
| (n) three men |
| 88 | 三人 (さんにん) |
| (n) three people |
| 89 | 三年 (さんねん) |
| (n) three years |
| 90 | 三倍 (さんばい) |
| (n) three-fold |
| 91 | 三番勝負 (さんばんしょうぶ) |
| (n) three-game match |
| 92 | 三拝 (さんぱい) |
| (n) adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly |
| 93 | 三筆 (さんぴつ) |
| (n) three famous ancient calligraphers: Emperor Saga and Tachibana (no) Hayanari and Kooboo Daishi |
| 94 | 三部 (さんぶ) |
| (n) three parts |
| 95 | 三分 (さんぶん) |
| (vs) to divide into three (parts) |
| 96 | 三幅対 (さんぷくつい) |
| (n) set of three |
| 97 | 三分 (さんぷん) |
| (n) three minutes |
| 98 | 三方 (さんぼう) |
| (n) (1) three sides |
| 99 | 三本 (さんぼん) |
| (adj-pn) three (long cylindrical things) |
| 100 | 三本足 (さんぼんあし) |
| (n) three legs (two legs and a cane) |