さんぼう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of さんぼう – see the following entries.

[noun] 三宝: a four-sided stand, usually made of cedar, on which a tray can be placed, with decorative holes on the front, left, and right sides of the stand; formerly used as a kind of one-person table at mealtimes, and now used mainly for votive offerings and other ceremonial purposes

[noun] (dated) in traditional Japanese mathematics, synonym for 正三角形 (sei sankakukei, “equilateral triangle”)

Alternative spellings
三宝, さんぽう

[noun] military staff

[noun] a military staff officer

[noun] (Ko shogi) A piece in Ko shogi

(This term, さんぼう, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 三宝, 三房, 三報, 山房.)

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