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Japanese · 23 September 2026 · Counters & Classifiers

三人3人

sanninRōmaji

three people

counter

The counter for three people. From this number onward, the counter follows the standard pattern of combining the Onyomi number with '-nin'.

In a sentence

それから、三人とも大喜びしました。

sorekara, sannin tomo daiyorokobi shimashita.

Thereupon, all three of them rejoiced greatly.

From 赤ずきん