御三卿

ごさんきょう

three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)

卿

きょう けい

lord, sir

公卿

くぎょう こうけい くげ

court noble, nobility

九卿

きゅうけい

nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)

卿相

けいしょう きょうしょう

court nobles and state ministers

六卿

りくけい りっけい

six ministers (of the six Zhou-dynasty Chinese ministries)

月卿

げっけい

court noble, nobility

卿等

けいら

you (plural)

枢機卿

すうききょう すうきけい

cardinal (Catholic church)

月卿雲客

げっけいうんかく

court nobles and other courtiers allowed into the Imperial Palace

三

さん み サン

three

三度三度

さんどさんど

three times a day (of meals)

三十三所

さんじゅうさんしょ

any of a number of sets of thirty-three holy places enshrining Avalokitesvara (esp. those comprising a popular pilgrimage in the Kinki region)

三三五五

さんさんごご

in groups of twos and threes, in small groups

三球三振

さんきゅうさんしん

fanned on three pitches

三日三晩

みっかみばん さんにちさんばん

3 days and 3 nights

三日三夜

みっかみよ さんにちさんや

3 days and 3 nights

三人三様

さんにんさんよう

each of the three being different from the other two, each of the three having his (her) own way

三者三様

さんしゃさんよう

each of the three being different from the other two, each of the three having his (her) own way