三男

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 1
なん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (three) + (man; male).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sã̠nːã̠ɴ]

Noun

(さん)(なん) (sannan) 

  1. three men
  2. the third son
    • Tanaka Corpus:
      (わたし)(おっと)には、(あに)二人(ふたり)います。そう、(わたし)三男(さんなん)(よめ)です。
      Watashi no otto ni wa, ani ga futari imasu. Sō, watashi wa sannan no yome desu.
      My husband has two older brothers. That's right, I'm a third son's wife.
sondaughterchild (rare)
one's first (ちょう)(なん) (chōnan), (いち)(なん) (ichinan), (ちょう)() (chōshi)(ちょう)(じょ) (chōjo), (いち)(じょ) (ichijo)(ちょう)() (chōshi)
one's second ()(なん) (jinan), ()(なん) (jinan), ()() (jishi)()(じょ) (jijo), ()(じょ) (jijo)()() (jishi)
one's third (さん)(なん) (sannan)(さん)(じょ) (sanjo)-
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