三さん国ごく

noun

three countries

General term for any three nations; used in geopolitical or historical contexts.

• この会かい議ぎには三さん国ごくの代だい表ひょうが参さん加かした。

  Representatives from three countries attended this conference.

noun

Three Kingdoms (China, 220–280 CE)

Refers to the historical period of Wei, Shu, and Wu in ancient China.

See also: 魏 (ぎ) · 蜀 (しょく) · 呉 (ご)

• 三さん国ごく時じ代だいの中ちゅう国ごくは魏ぎ・蜀しょく・呉ごに分わかれていた。

  China during the Three Kingdoms period was divided into Wei, Shu, and Wu.

noun

Three Kingdoms (Korea, 57 BCE–668 CE)

Refers to the historical period of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla on the Korean Peninsula.

See also: 新羅 (しらぎ) · 百済 (くだら) · 高句麗 (こうくり)

• 朝ちょう鮮せん半はん島とうの三さん国ごく時じ代だいは高こう句く麗り・百済くだら・新羅しらぎが争あらそった。

  During the Three Kingdoms period on the Korean Peninsula, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla fought each other.

noun

Japan, China, and India; Japan, Korea, and China; the whole world

Archaic term for the known world, often used in pre-modern texts to refer to the three great civilizations or the entire world.

• 昔むかしの人ひとは三さん国ごくを世せ界かいのすべてと考かんがえていた。

  People in the past considered the three countries to be the entire world.