Illustration: At a craft table in a Japanese children’s center, a child lifts a rabbit-shaped rubber stamp from the third and final impression on a paper strip. Exactly three matching rabbits form a clearly spaced row, with untouched paper beyond them.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

三さん回かい

sankai

three times

Example sentences

  1. 旅行中りょこうちゅうに雨あめが三回さんかい降ふった。

    It rained three times during the trip.

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  2. あの手紙てがみ３回かい書かいたのよ。

    I wrote that letter three times.

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  3. もう3回かいも京都きょうとに行いったことあるんだ。

    I’ve already been to Kyoto three times.

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Kanji in 三回

  • 三threeOnサン・ゾウKunみ・みつ・みっつ
  • 回-times; roundOnカイ・エKunまわる・まわす・まわし-

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