三さん千ぜん世せ界かい

noun

the whole universe (Buddhist cosmology)

Abbreviation of 三千大千世界. In Buddhist cosmology, refers to the vast universe of a billion worlds that a Buddha enlightens. Used in religious or philosophical contexts.

See also: 三千大千世界

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、三さん千ぜん世せ界かいは一いち仏ぶつが教きょう化けする範はん囲いとされる。

  In Buddhism, the three-thousand-fold world is considered the sphere enlightened by one Buddha.

noun

the whole wide world; the entire universe

Extended, non-technical use meaning the whole world or the entire universe, often with a poetic or emphatic nuance. Less common than the Buddhist sense.

• 彼かれは三さん千ぜん世せ界かいを旅たびする夢ゆめを語かたった。

  He spoke of his dream to travel the whole wide world.