Meanings
Numeric
1. three; 3
参 is used in legal documents
Kanji used
three
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (44 in total)
three; three years of age
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
set of three; three sets; three classes
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
three days and three nights
three months
three-digit number; hundreds column
three words
three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; often
calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
misuji (cut of beef, usu. from the chuck); shamisen; samisen
three boxes; three box-shaped things; three containers
the three main gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children
three temporal states of existence; past, present and future; three generations
21st day after death; 21st day after birth
21st day after death; 21st day after birth
3 days and 3 nights
adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly
letter of divorce
wicket (e.g. in cricket); castle; stumps
traditional method of stirring soba while cooking
Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony
Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony
Mie (prefecture)
Miwa Shinto (sect of amalgamated Shinto developed in the Muromachi Period)
Miura map fold; special technique for folding used on some solar panel arrays
Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony
Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony
Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf
Euhadra peliomphala (species of land snail)
barred button quail (Turnix suscitator)
barred button quail (Turnix suscitator)
leaves used for serving or offering sake, rice, etc.
Mikuni Station (Osaka)
Miki Station (Miki Railway)
Mikawa Station (Hokkaido)
Examples (56 in total)
Three weeks went by.
The court session lasted for three hours.
I had no more than three pounds.