三男

Japanese

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

Etymology

Compound of 三 (“three”) +‎ 男 (“man; male”).

Pronunciation

Noun

三(さん)男(なん) • (sannan) 

  1. three men
  2. the third son
    • Tanaka Corpus:
      私(わたし)の夫(おっと)には、兄(あに)が二人(ふたり)います。そう、私(わたし)は三男(さんなん)の嫁(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 長(ちょう)男(なん) (chōnan), 一(いち)男(なん) (ichinan), 長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi)長(ちょう)女(じょ) (chōjo), 一(いち)女(じょ) (ichijo)長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi)
one's second 次(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 二(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 次(じ)子(し) (jishi)次(じ)女(じょ) (jijo), 二(じ)女(じょ) (jijo)次(じ)子(し) (jishi)
one's third 三(さん)男(なん) (sannan)三(さん)女(じょ) (sanjo)-
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