三重
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Chinese
| three | heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer | ||
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| simp. and trad. (三重) |
三 | 重 | |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
三重
Etymology 2
From 三重埔 (Saⁿ-têng-po͘, literally “the third plain”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
三重
Synonyms
- (Hokkien) 三重埔 (Saⁿ-têng-po͘)
Etymology 3
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 三重 (Mie)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
三重
- (～縣) Mie (a prefecture of Japan)
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 三 | 重 |
| さん Grade: 1 |
じゅう Grade: 3 |
| on’yomi | |
Noun
三重 • (sanjū) ←さんぢゆう (sandyuu)?
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 三 | 重 |
| み Grade: 1 |
え Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
- triple, threefold, triplicate
- 夢は二重にも三重にも膨らむ。
- Yume wa futae nimo mie nimo fukuramu.
- A dream expands in both double and triple.
- 夢は二重にも三重にも膨らむ。
Proper noun
- Mie, a prefecture of Kinki, Japan.
Synonyms
- 三重県 (Mie-ken)
See also
- 一重 (hitoe, “single”)
- 二重 (futae, “double”)
- 三重 (mie, “triple”)
- 四重 (yoe, “quadruple”)
- 五重 (itsue, “quintuple”)
- 六重 (mue, “sextuple”)
- 七重 (nanae, “septuple”)
- 八重 (yae, “octuple”)
- 九重 (kokonoe, “nonuple”)
- 十重 (toe, “decuple”)
- 二十重 (hatae, “vigintuple”)
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.