さんにん
Meanings
Noun
1. three people
Pitch accent
んに
Composed of
three; 3
counter for people
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
three people on the same vehicle (usu. bike)
three heads are better than two; (lit.) if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri
Examples (29 in total)
Only three people were in the room.
I have three younger sisters.
All three of us are students.
Are you three brothers?
You three are very lucky.
Three were sentenced to life in prison.
He has three children.
He had three sons.
Three children are playing in the park.
My aunt has three children.
Tom has three brothers.
Three more passengers got on the bus.
Now they have three children.
Divide this cake among you three.
My uncle has three children.
I am the tallest of the three.
Three men escaped from prison yesterday.
He reared three children by himself.
The three brothers must help one another.
I have three cousins on my mother's side.
He still has three servants.
Ken runs fastest of the three.
Of the three boys, Bill behaves most politely.
All three of those men are carpenters.
Three missionaries were killed and eaten by cannibals.
Only three people in the class answered the question correctly.
There are three students with the same name in that class.
I have three sisters; one is a nurse and the others are students.
I have three older sisters.