three (long cylindrical things)
Used as a counter for three long, thin objects such as bottles, pens, trees, or fingers.
There are three bottles of beer in the fridge.
Please give me three pencils.
In hanafuda, a hand containing three cards of the same suit. Domain-specific term.
See also: 手役
I got three-of-a-kind in my hand.
I bought three bottles of beer at the supermarket.
He has one of the top three grades in the class.