三さん色しょく

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

three colors; tricolor

General term for three colors; often used attributively with の to describe something having three colors.

• 三さん色しょくの旗はたが風かぜに揺ゆれている。

  A tricolor flag is fluttering in the wind.

• このデザートは三さん色しょくの層そうがきれいだ。

  This dessert has beautiful three-colored layers.

noun

triple run (mahjong)

Abbreviation of 三色同順; a mahjong hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits.

See also: 三色同順

• 三さん色しょくは麻雀まーじゃんの役やくの一ひとつです。

  三色 is one of the yaku in mahjong.

noun

triple pung (mahjong)

Abbreviation of 三色同刻; a mahjong hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits.

See also: 三色同刻

• 三さん色しょく同どう刻こくは三さん色しょくとも呼よばれる。

  Triple pung is also called 三色.