| 1 | 三 (さん) |
| (num) three |
| 2 | 三位 (さんい) |
| (n) third place |
| 3 | 三尉 (さんい) |
| (n) second lieutenant (JSDF) |
| 4 | 三夏 (さんか) |
| (n) three summer months |
| 5 | 三鼓 (さんこ) |
| (n) (1) (obsc) the three types of gagaku drums |
| 6 | 三佐 (さんさ) |
| (n) major (JSDF) |
| 7 | 三叉 (さんさ) |
| (n,adj-no) three-pronged (fork) |
| 8 | 三死 (さんし) |
| (n) three outs |
| 9 | 三士 (さんし) |
| (n) recruit (JSDF) |
| 10 | 三思 (さんし) |
| (n,vs) deep reflection |
| 11 | 三時 (さんじ) |
| (n-adv) (1) 3 o'clock |
| 12 | 三次 (さんじ) |
| (n) three times |
| 13 | 三世 (さんぜ) |
| (n) past and present and future existences |
| 14 | 三度 (さんど) |
| (n) three times |
| 15 | 三部 (さんぶ) |
| (n) three parts |
| 16 | 三府 (さんぷ) |
| (n) the Three Urban Prefectures |
| 17 | 三位 (さんみ) |
| (n) third place |
| 18 | 二三 (にさん) |
| (n-adv) two or three |
| 19 | お三時 (おさんじ) |
| (n) three-o'clock snack |
| 20 | 御三家 (ごさんけ) |
| (n) (1) three branch Tokugawa families |
| 21 | 再三 (さいさん) |
| (adv,n) again and again |
| 22 | 三育 (さんいく) |
| (n) education of the head and hand and heart |
| 23 | 三易 (さんえき) |
| (n) three methods of Chinese divination (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period) |
| 24 | 三猿 (さんえん) |
| (n) three wise monkeys who see and hear and speak no evil |
| 25 | 三回 (さんかい) |
| (n) three times |
| 26 | 三階 (さんかい) |
| (n) third floor |
| 27 | 三角 (さんかく) |
| (n) triangle |
| 28 | 三韓 (さんかん) |
| (n) (obs) Korea |
| 29 | 三竿 (さんかん) |
| (n) broad daylight |
| 30 | 三界 (さんがい) |
| (n) past, present and future existences |
| 31 | 三階 (さんがい) |
| (n) third floor |
| 32 | 三月 (さんがつ) |
| (n-adv) March |
| 33 | 三組 (さんくみ) |
| (n) set of three |
| 34 | 三宮 (さんぐう) |
| (n) (obsc) Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort |
| 35 | 三軍 (さんぐん) |
| (n) great army |
| 36 | 三景 (さんけい) |
| (n) three famous beauty spots |
| 37 | 三軽 (さんけい) |
| (n) three famous beauty spots |
| 38 | 三権 (さんけん) |
| (n) the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial) |
| 39 | 三弦 (さんげん) |
| (n) three-stringed instrument |
| 40 | 三絃 (さんげん) |
| (n) three-stringed instrument |
| 41 | 三更 (さんこう) |
| (n) third watch of the night (approx. 11 pm to 1 am) |
| 42 | 三校 (さんこう) |
| (n) third proof |
| 43 | 三后 (さんこう) |
| (n) Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort |
| 44 | 三綱 (さんこう) |
| (n) three bonds (in Confucianism: master & servant, father & son, husband & wife) |
| 45 | 三混 (さんこん) |
| (n) (abbr) combined vaccination for diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus |
| 46 | 三業 (さんごう) |
| (n) business consisting of restaurant, brothel and geisha service |
| 47 | 三綱 (さんごう) |
| (n) (Buddh) three monastic positions with management roles at a temple |
| 48 | 三国 (さんごく) |
| (n) (1) three countries |
| 49 | 三才 (さんさい) |
| (n) the three powers: heaven, earth and man |
| 50 | 三災 (さんさい) |
| (n) the three calamities: fire, flood and storm |
| 51 | 三差路 (さんさろ) |
| (n) three-forked road |
| 52 | 三叉路 (さんさろ) |
| (n) three-forked road |
| 53 | 三下 (さんした) |
| (n) underling |
| 54 | 三者 (さんしゃ) |
| (n) three persons |
| 55 | 三舎 (さんしゃ) |
| (n) (arch) (in the ancient Chinese army) three days' march (approx. 36.5 km) |
| 56 | 三種 (さんしゅ) |
| (n) three kinds |
| 57 | 三伸 (さんしん) |
| (n) second postscript |
| 58 | 三身 (さんしん) |
| (n) (Buddh) trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha) |
| 59 | 三振 (さんしん) |
| (n,vs) strike out (baseball) |
| 60 | 三線 (さんしん) |
| (n) (1) Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen |
| 61 | 三軸 (さんじく) |
| (n) triaxial |
| 62 | 三女 (さんじょ) |
| (n) third daughter |
| 63 | 三身 (さんじん) |
| (n) (Buddh) trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha) |
| 64 | 三助 (さんすけ) |
| (n) male bathhouse attendant |
| 65 | 三水 (さんずい) |
| (n) kanji water radical ("sanzui") |
| 66 | 三寸 (さんずん) |
| (n,adj-no) eloquent |
| 67 | 三省 (さんせい) |
| (n,vs) frequent reflection (meditation) |
| 68 | 三聖 (さんせい) |
| (n) (1) any of a number of lists of three enlightened men, including (but not limited to): Buddha, Confucius and Christ |
| 69 | 三世 (さんせい) |
| (n) children of nisei |
| 70 | 三線 (さんせん) |
| (n) (1) shamisen |
| 71 | 三選 (さんせん) |
| (n) third-term election |
| 72 | 三千 (さんぜん) |
| (n) (1) 3000 |
| 73 | 三曹 (さんそう) |
| (n) sergeant (JSDF) |
| 74 | 三相 (さんそう) |
| (n) three phases |
| 75 | 三蔵 (さんぞう) |
| (n) three branches of Buddhist sutras |
| 76 | 三体 (さんたい) |
| (n) the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass |
| 77 | 三諦 (さんたい) |
| (n) (Buddh) (in Tendai) threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two) |
| 78 | 三嘆 (さんたん) |
| (n,vs) praise |
| 79 | 三諦 (さんだい) |
| (n) (Buddh) (in Tendai) threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two) |
| 80 | 三代 (さんだい) |
| (n) (1) three generations |
| 81 | 三冬 (さんとう) |
| (n) three winter months |
| 82 | 三等 (さんとう) |
| (n) third class |
| 83 | 三徳 (さんとく) |
| (n) three primary virtues: valour, wisdom and benevolence (valor) |
| 84 | 三毒 (さんどく) |
| (n) (Buddh) the three kleshas that poison the heart of man (desire, ill will and ignorance) |
| 85 | 三男 (さんなん) |
| (n) three men |
| 86 | 三人 (さんにん) |
| (n) three people |
| 87 | 三年 (さんねん) |
| (n) three years |
| 88 | 三倍 (さんばい) |
| (n) three-fold |
| 89 | 三番 (さんばん) |
| (n) third |
| 90 | 三拝 (さんぱい) |
| (n) adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly |
| 91 | 三板 (さんぱん) |
| (n) sampan |
| 92 | 三筆 (さんぴつ) |
| (n) three famous ancient calligraphers: Emperor Saga and Tachibana (no) Hayanari and Kooboo Daishi |
| 93 | 三分 (さんぶん) |
| (vs) to divide into three (parts) |
| 94 | 三封 (さんぷう) |
| (n) forced out on third |
| 95 | 三分 (さんぷん) |
| (n) three minutes |
| 96 | 三宝 (さんぼう) |
| (n) 3 treasures of Buddhism: Buddha, sutras and priesthood |
| 97 | 三方 (さんぼう) |
| (n) (1) three sides |
| 98 | 三本 (さんぼん) |
| (adj-pn) three (long cylindrical things) |
| 99 | 三方 (さんぽう) |
| (n) (1) three sides |
| 100 | 三宝 (さんぽう) |
| (n) 3 treasures of Buddhism: Buddha, sutras and priesthood |