三将

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	将
さん Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 6
kan’on

Alternative spelling
三將 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 三 (san-, “three; third”) +‎ 将 (shō).

Noun

三(さん)将(しょう) • (sanshō) 

1. a "third", the third highest-ranking member of a sport team, generally the third strongest member of a team of four or more, or the weakest of a trio
   • 1999 November 20 [1999 August 9], Yumi Hotta with Obata, Takeshi, “第(だい)９(きゅう)局(きょく)　大(たい)将(しょう)・副(ふく)将(しょう)・三(さん)将(しょう) [Game 9: First, Second and Third]”, in ヒカルの碁, 3rd edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 35:

     オレが大(たい)将(しょう)　このガキが副(ふく)将(しょう)　おまえが三(さん)将(しょう)

     Ore ga taishō Kono gaki ga fukushō O-mae ga sanshō

     I’ll be the first, the brat’s the second, you’re the third

     なんでボクが三(さん)将(しょう)なんだ

     Nan de boku ga sanshō nan da

     Why am I the third?

     実(じつ)力(りょく)順(じゅん)だろ？オレ天(てん)才(さい)だし

     Jitsuryokujun daro? Ore tensai da shi

     Isn’t it supposed to be in order of strength? I’m a genius.

     小(しょう)学(がく)生(せい)に副(ふく)将(しょう)をやらせるわけにいかないよ

     Shōgakusei ni fukushō o yaraseru wake ni ikanai yo

     We can’t have a grade school kid be the second!

     じゃ　おまえが副(ふく)将(しょう)でコイツが三(さん)将(しょう)な

     Ja o-mae ga fukushō de koitsu ga sanshō na

     You’re the second and he’s the third then.

See also

• 大(たい)将(しょう) (taishō)
• 副(ふく)将(しょう) (fukushō)