Illustration: On the floor of a Japanese preschool activity room, a child has joined three straight wooden construction bars into a large closed triangle. All three sides and all three corner joints are unobstructed.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

三さん角かく

sankaku

triangle, triangular shape

Example sentences

  1. どうやったら三角さんかくのおにぎりができるの？何度なんどやっても丸まるいおにぎりしかできないよ。

    How do you make a triangle-shaped onigiri? No matter how many times I try I can only make round onigiri.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 三角さんかく印じるしの向むきが進行方向しんこうほうこうを示しめす。

    The triangle tip indicates the traveling direction.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 韓国かんこくでもコンビニエンスストアの三角さんかくのおにぎりの人気にんきが出でてきている。

    In South Korea, triangle onigiri sold in CVS is getting popular.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 三角

  • 三threeOnサン・ゾウKunみ・みつ・みっつ
  • 角angle; cornerOnカクKunかど・つの

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