三

thrice moving from house to house

Abbreviation

the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning

Buddhism

three causes of Buddha nature

koto, alcohol and poetry; the three loves

Buddhism

the three desires of the realms of existence

triptych

Dharma seals; three marks of existence (suffering, impermanence, non-Self)

Buddhism

Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx); River of Three Crossings

règle des trois unités; the three unities (time, place and action)

Abbreviation

Japan's Three Famous Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)

three-act play

fine high-grade Japanese refined sugar

Buddhism

the thirteen buddhas, bodhisattvas and wisdom kings

pars triangularis; triangular area; triangular part of inferior frontal gyrus

Sumo

wrestler newly promoted to a san'yaku rank

headstall, martingale, and crupper

uta-sanshin (variety of Okinawan folk music)

singing and playing the sanshin; vocals and sanshin

Baseball

triple steal

second postscript

Martial arts

trident dagger

30% polished rice

six-three system of education (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school)

black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

barred button quail (Turnix suscitator)

triaxial cell

trident maple (Acer buergerianum)