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三
one metropolis and three prefectures (i.e. the Tokyo area: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama)
Formal or literary term; Oft. used hyperbolically
many years of stress and anxiety (as would cause one's hair to grow white); three-thousand jō of white hair (nine kilometers)
Work of art, literature, music, etc. name
Pratyutpanna Samadhi Sutra; Sutra on the Samadhi for Encountering Face-to-Face the Buddhas of the Present
Proverb
once a beggar, always a beggar; if one begs for three days, one cannot stop
the three creator gods (Amanominakanushi no Kami, Takamimusuhi no Kami and Kamimusuhi no Kami)
the thirteen sects of Sect Shinto (Fuso-kyo, Taisha-kyo, Jikko-kyo, Konko-kyo, Kurozumi-kyo, Misogi-kyo, Ontake-kyo, Shinri-kyo, Shinshu-kyo, Shinto Shusei-ha, Shinto Taikyo, Taisei-kyo, Tenri-kyo)
Buddhism
three-pronged vajra flung by Kukai on his return from China to determine the Holy Land of Esoteric Buddhism
Idiomatic expression
only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once; only fools are gluttons
one's nearest neighbors; houses in one's immediate neighborhood; the three houses across the street and the two houses on either side of one's house
Work of art, literature, music, etc. name; Character
Lupin III (manga, anime, character by Monkey Punch); Lupin the Third
Proverb
(the most thrilling relationships for a man are) another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife