三

Abbreviation

Sandai Jitsuroku (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts)

all-purpose kitchen knife; santoku knife

Colloquial

rubella; German measles; three day measles

being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation

the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace

sharpened sword

Girls' Festival (March 3); Dolls' Festival

Buddhism

Shakyamuni triad; Gautama triad; image of Shakyamuni (Gautama) Buddha flanked by two attendants

eloquent tongue

Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts)

to look daggers at someone

Organization name

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

Company name

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

Buddhism

endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences

the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)

The Three Major Duties (education, work and payment of taxes)

Arisaka Type 38 rifle

Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)

thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara)

Physics

three-body problem

thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon (Avalokitesvara)

Buddhism

limitless time and space

Proverb

it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight

Anatomy

third ventricle