三上

三(み) (mi) + 上(かみ) (kami, literally “three high (things)”). Attested from at least the 10th century.

• (Tokyo) みかみ [míꜜkàmì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mʲika̠mʲi]

三(み)上(かみ) • (Mikami) 

1. a surname
2. Mikami (neighborhoods in Japan):
   1. a neighborhood of Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture
   2. a neighborhood of Yasu, Shiga Prefecture
   3. a neighborhood of Toyama, Toyama Prefecture
   4. a neighborhood of Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture
   5. (historical) a former district of Hiroshima Prefecture

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 三上. Attested from at least the 17th century.

• IPA^(key): [sã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

三(さん)上(じょう) • (sanjō) 

1. (literature) The three most convenient moments for thinking about writing: when riding a horse, when lying in bed, and when in the restroom.

   Meronyms: 馬上 (bajō), 枕上 (chinjō), 厠上 (shijō)