三さん位み

noun

third place; third rank

Used for third place in competitions, rankings, or hierarchies. Reading さんい is especially common for this sense.

• 彼かれはマラソンで三さん位いに入いった。

  He placed third in the marathon.

• 三さん位い入にゅう賞しょうおめでとうございます。

  Congratulations on winning third place.

noun

third rank (Japanese court system)

Only with reading さんみ

Historical court rank; reading is さんみ. Used in contexts related to the imperial court or traditional aristocracy.

• 彼かれは朝ちょう廷ていで三さん位みの位くらいを授さずけられた。

  He was granted the rank of third court rank in the imperial court.

noun

Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

Only with reading さんみ

Christian term; reading is さんみ. Used in theological contexts.

• キリスト教きょうでは、三さん位み一いっ体たいの教きょう義ぎが重じゅう要ようです。

  In Christianity, the doctrine of the Trinity is important.