Word Meaning 三戒

さんかい sankai

三戒 is read as さんかい (sankai) and means three categories of precepts (lay, ordination, moral).

Meaning

English

three categories of precepts (lay, ordination, moral)
three lifetime commandments (youth's femininity, middle-aged struggle, old-age gain)

Reading

Kana

さんかい

Romaji

sankai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 66255 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

三摩耶戒

さんまやかい

precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)

三塁

さんるい

third base

三振

さんしん

strikeout

三塁打

さんるいだ

three-base hit

三塁手

さんるいしゅ

third baseman

三冠馬

さんかんば

winner of Japan's three main horse races

三佐

さんさ

major (JGSDF)

三重奏

さんじゅうそう

instrumental trio

三冠王

さんかんおう

winner of triple crown

三段跳び

さんだんとび

triple jump

三回忌

さんかいき

second anniversary of a death

三拍子

さんびょうし

three important requisites

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