Meanings

one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand

firstly vision, secondly footwork, thirdly courage, fourthly technique (the most important aspects of kendo)

karmic retribution through the past, present, and future

beauty is only skin-deep

Three Noes (former Taiwan policy of no contact, no negotiation and no compromise with China)

staying up all night three nights in a row

wielding three swords

three cavalry disciplines (dog hunting, hat shooting, and horseback archery)

a woman has no home of her own in this world (because she has to obey her parents when she is young, her husband when she gets married, and her children when she is old)

Sansai school of tea ceremony

the three Senke schools of tea ceremony (Omotesenke, Urasenke, and Mushakōjisenke)

(Asimov's) Three Laws of Robotics

the thirty-six immortal poets (of the Heian period; as named by Fujiwara no Kintō)

three sides (length, width and height)

Tsugaru-jamisen (type of shamisen and genre of shamisen music)

third-person plural

the three gods of creation

joint venture of government and business

cubic equation

chuck short ribs