三さん時じ

noun, adverb

3 o'clock

Refers to the time of day; can be used as a noun or adverbially.

• 会かい議ぎは三さん時じから始はじまります。

  The meeting starts at 3 o'clock.

• 三さん時じに駅えきで待まち合あわせましょう。

  Let's meet at the station at 3 o'clock.

noun

afternoon snack (around 3 o'clock)

Short for 三時のおやつ; refers to the custom of having a snack at mid-afternoon.

See also: ３時のおやつ (さんじのおやつ)

• 三さん時じのおやつにクッキーを食たべた。

  I had cookies for my 3 o'clock snack.

• 子こ供どもたちは三さん時じを楽たのしみにしている。

  The children are looking forward to their afternoon snack.

noun

three ages of Buddhism

Buddhist term: the three periods after the Buddha's death — the age of the true law (正法), the age of the copied law (像法), and the age of the degeneration of the law (末法).

See also: 正法 (しょうぼう) · 末法 · 像法

• 三さん時じの考かんがえ方かたは、仏ぶっ教きょうの歴れき史し観かんの一ひとつです。

  The concept of the three ages is one of the historical views in Buddhism.