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.

私わたしはさんじまでここにいます。

I will stay here till three o'clock.

話はなしはさんじまでだらだらと続つづいた。

The talk dragged on till three o'clock.

今日きょうの午ご後ごさんじに彼かの女じょと会あうことになっている。