鼎立戦

ていりつせん

three-way contest

三者鼎立

さんしゃていりつ

three parties (forces) opposing one another, three-cornered contest

鼎

かなえ てい

three-legged metal pot or kettle (used in ancient China)

鼎談

ていだん

tripartite (three man) talk

鼎坐

ていざ

three people sitting in a triangle

鼎革

ていかく

change of dynasty

鼎談会

ていだんかい

three-man talk, tripartite talk

鐘鼎文

しょうていぶん

bronze-vessel and bell inscriptions

三つ鼎

みつがなえ

three people sitting in a triangle

鼎の軽重を問う

かなえのけいちょうをとう

to call one's ability into question, to weigh one's ability

立場に立つ

たちばにたつ

to stand in (someone's) place, to be in a (certain) position

立教

りっきょう

established church

乱立

らんりつ

standing together in a disorderly fashion, standing close around, crowding together

凝立

ぎょうりつ

standing absolutely still

立軸

たてじく

vertical shaft, upright arm shaft

立髪

たてがみ

long hair style popular in the Genroku era

冊立

さくりつ さくりゅう

imperial investiture

聳立

しょうりつ

being conspicuously tall

立坑

たてこう

shaft (e.g. in a mine), pit