さんじ – Vocabulary details

さんじ

Meanings

Adverb

Noun

1. 3 o'clock

Noun

2. afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock)

3. three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

さ

んじ

Used in: 2

Composed of

さん

three; 3

じ

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

さんじのおやつ

afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

おさんじ

afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); afternoon tea

さんじごう

karmic retribution through the past, present, and future; three types of karma

Examples (6 in total)

さんじ十じゅう分ぶんです。

It's 3:10.

飛ひ行こう機きはさんじに到とう着ちゃくします。

The plane will arrive at three.

学がっ校こうはさんじ半はんに終おわります。

School is over at 3:30.