トリプル

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Meanings

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Used as a noun meaning something that is threefold, or as a prefix in compounds like トリプルアクセル (triple axel).

このホテルの部屋へやはトリプルルームです。

This hotel room is a triple room.

トリプルを決きめるto land a triple (e.g. a jump in figure skating)
彼かの女じょは演えん技ぎの中なかでトリプルを決きめた。
She landed a triple during her routine.
トリプルを打うつto hit a triple (three-base hit in baseball)
バッターは満まん塁るいでトリプルを打うった。
The batter hit a triple with the bases loaded.

三さん倍ばい
三倍 is the native Japanese term for 'three times' used in everyday and mathematical contexts, while トリプル is a loanword favored in sports, hotel bookings, and compound nouns.

ダブルN2
ダブル means 'double' (two-fold) while トリプル means 'triple' (three-fold); learners sometimes mix up which multiplier each loanword refers to.

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Borrowed from English 'triple'.