御三家

ごさんけ

three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)

三千家

the three Senke schools of tea ceremony (Omotesenke, Urasenke, and Mushakōjisenke)

家

いえ うち け か

(いえ) house; residence; dwelling

女は三界に家なし

おんなはさんがいにいえなし

a woman has no home of her own in this world (because in youth, she has to listen to her parents; in adulthood, to her husband; in old age, to her children); a woman has no home in (any of) the three realms

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

両家

りょうけ

both families

仮家

かりいえ

temporary house

史家

しか

historian

別家

べっけ

branch family

家蚕

かさん

domesticated silkworm

分家

ぶんけ

branch family