三つ子

みつご

Also written 三つ児

Meanings

1. Noun three-year-old
2. triplets

Kanji

• 三 three. Read as みつ.
• 子 child. Read as こ.

Example sentences

• 三つ子の魂百まで。
  The child is father to the man.
• 三つ子の魂百までとは本当によく言ったものだ。
  'The child is father to the man' is certainly well said.

Words containing 三つ子

• 三つ子の魂百まで (みつごのたましいひゃくまで) a leopard cannot change its spots
• 六十の三つ子 (ろくじゅうのみつご) an old man is twice a child

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