三(さん)

Definition: three
Kun-yomi: みっ・つ
On-yomi: サン

Overview

This Kanji thing is a cinch! At this rate, we’ll learn everything in no time, right guys?

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Examples

Example 1

  1. 三 【さん】 – three
  2. 漢字 【かん・じ】(n) – Kanji
  3. 全然 【ぜん・ぜん】 (adv) – not at all (when used with negative)
  4. 難しい 【むずか・しい】 (i-adj) – difficult
  1. の漢字も全然難しくない!
    さんかんじぜんぜん むずかしくない!

    (The) Kanji for “three” is also not hard at all!

Example 2

In this next example, 「姦しい」 is not very commonly used (better to memorize 「やかましい」 or 「騒がしい」). However, the proverb is interesting in terms of the actual Kanji, I just had to include it here.

  1. 女 【おんな】(n) – woman
  2. 三人 【さん・にん】(counter) – 3 people
  3. 寄る 【よ・る】(u-verb) – to approach; to gather
  4. 姦しい 【かしま・しい】(i-adj) – noisy
  5. 死ぬ 【し・ぬ】(u-verb) – to die
  6. ことわざ – proverb
  7. 勉強 【べん・きょう】(n) – study
  8. する (exception) – to do
A: 女三人寄れば姦しい。
A: おんな さんにん ればかしましい。

A: If 3 women gather, (it) gets noisy.

B: 死にたいのかしら?
B: にたいのかしら?

B: Do (you) want to die?

A: ことわざを勉強してるだけだよ!
A: ことわざをべんきょうしてるだけだよ!

A: (I’m) just studying proverbs!

Example 3

  1. 三角 【さん・かく】(n) – triangle
  2. 関係 【かん・けい】(n) – relationship
  3. いい (i-adj) – good
  4. うん – yes (casual)
  5. 多分 【た・ぶん】 – probably; maybe
  6. 今 【いま】 – now
  7. 想像 【そう・ぞう】(n) – imagination
  8. する (exception) – to do
  9. 全然 【ぜん・ぜん】(adv) – not at all (when used with negative)
  10. 違う 【ちが・う】(u-verb) – to be different
  11. かわいい (i-adj) – cute
  12. 女の子 【おんな・の・こ】 – girl
  13. 囲む 【かこ・む】(u-verb) – to surround, to enclose
  14. やっぱり – as expected (casual)
  15. 夢 【ゆめ】(n) – dream
  16. ある (u-verb) – to exist (inanimate)
A: 三角関係って、なんかいいですよね。
A: さんかく かんけいって、なんかいいですよね。

A: Something about love-triangle, isn’t (it) nice?

B: うん、多分、今想像してるのは、全然違うから。
B: うん、たぶんいま そうぞうしてるのは、ぜんぜん ちがうから。

B: Yeah, (what you’re) probably imagining right now is totally wrong so…

A: かわいい女の子二人に囲まれてですね。
A: かわいいおんな ふたりかこまれてですね。

A: (You’re) surrounded by two cute girls and then, right?

A: やっぱり。まっ、夢があっていいんじゃない?
A: やっぱり。まっ、ゆめがあっていいんじゃない?

B: I knew it. Well, (I guess it’s) good to have dreams.

Next Suggestions

  1. 二(に)
  2. 四(よん)
  3. 口(くち)
  4. 八(はち)

3 Replies to “三(さん)”

  1. https://guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/adjectives

    If it bothers you that “like” is an adjective and not a verb in Japanese, you can think of 「好き」 as meaning “desirable”. Also, you can see a good example of the topic and identifier particle working in harmony. The sentence is about the topic “Bob” and “fish” identifies specifically what Bob likes.
    Have you perhaps written adjective and verb in the wrong place since desirable is an adjective?

  2. Thanks these are always really helpful, it says on Twitter that the 漢字 of the day is 三 but you always cover more and learn words (for me 今 & 死ね) that you have seen, but not really touched on yet. It also helpful to have them put into sentences as I find it easier to remember words if there used in a good example.

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