桃栗三年柿八年 ももくりさんねんかきはちねん it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight exp proverb Advanced ➥
三線 さんしん さんせん sanshin; Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen n shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute n Advanced ➥
三鼓 さんこ the three types of gagaku drums n obsc third division of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am) n arch Advanced ➥