三さん愛あい

noun

koto, alcohol and poetry; the three loves

Refers to the three refined pleasures of playing the koto, drinking alcohol, and composing poetry, often associated with literati culture.

• 彼かれは三さん愛あいを楽たのしむ風ふう流りゅう人じんだ。

  He is a man of refined taste who enjoys the three loves: koto, alcohol, and poetry.

noun

the three desires of the realms of existence

Buddhist term for the three fundamental cravings that bind beings to the cycle of rebirth: desire for existence in the realm of desire, form, and formlessness.

• 三さん愛あいは仏ぶっ教きょうでいう三さん界がいの欲よく望ぼうを指さす。

  In Buddhism, 三愛 refers to the three desires of the three realms.