- さんにん
- [三人] ¶→三人寄れば文殊の知恵¶→三人称三人
three people* * *さんにん【三人】¶ → 三人寄れば文殊の知恵¶ → 三人称* * *さんにん【三人】three people [persons].●三人きょうだい 〔兄弟, 姉妹〕 three siblings [brothers, sisters]
・三人目 the third person.
●三人でするブリッジ three-handed bridge.
●その日は親子三人水入らずで久しぶりにゆっくりしました. On that day the parents and child spent a relaxed time together, without anyone outside the family, for the first time in a long time.
・(この車の)後ろの座席には三人乗れますよ. Three people will fit [can ride] in the back seat (of this car).
・三人よれば文珠の知恵. ⇒もんじゅ.
三人三様 =さんしゃさんよう.三人席 〔新幹線などの〕 seats for three people; seats three abreast.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.