noun:

• three great people (e.g. of the Meiji Restoration) ➜ 維新の三傑

noun:

• Shinto, Buddhism and Confucianism

noun:

• three famous ancient calligraphers: Emperor Saga and Tachibana (no) Hayanari and Kooboo Daishi

noun:

• the three realms of existence - Buddhism term ➜ 欲界・色界・無色界
• the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 三千大千世界
• past, present and future existences - Buddhism term ➜ 三世【さんぜ】

suffix:

• far-off ...; distant ...

noun:

• three ministries (under the ritsuryo system: Ministries of Civil Services, Health & War) ➜ 律令制
• three departments (in Tang-dynasty China: Secretariat, Chancellory & Dept. of State Affairs)

noun:

• three activities (action, speech and thought) - Buddhism term ➜ 身口意

noun:

• three-stranded

noun:

• second postscript

noun:

• the three powers: heaven, earth and man

noun:

• day laborer (in construction, etc.); day labourer - obscure term

noun:

• threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two) (in Tendai) - Buddhism term

noun:

• third floor

noun:

• three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)

noun:

• petty underling; small fry - abbreviation ➜ 三下奴【さんしたやっこ】

noun:

• Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas ［さんぞん］ - Buddhism term
• The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns ［さんぞん］ - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝
• head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern) ［さんぞん］ ➜ 三尊天井
• the three people one must esteem: master, father, teacher