三人 (さんにん) — three people
三人
three people
Frequency #800
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 1
2 characters
漢語 kango
漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. noun
sannin
さんにん
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
さんにん[3] nakadaka 中高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
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Meanings
- three people
Explained in simple Japanese
- 二人より 一人 おおい かずの 人。
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Usage examples
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有名な三人の名前だけで説明すると、戦いを支えた人や、戦いから逃げた人の姿は小さくなります。
Yuumei na sannin no namae dake de setsumei suru to, tatakai o sasaeta hito ya, tatakai kara nigeta hito no sugata wa chiisaku narimasu.
If we explain everything using only those three famous men, the people who supported the fighting or fled from it fade into the background.
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