六三制

ろくさんせい

six-three system of education (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school)

四三

one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand

三四日

さんよっか

three or four days

三十六計

さんじゅうろっけい

the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)

三面六臂

さんめんろっぴ

rush of business, versatility, man who can do the work of many

六韜三略

りくとうさんりゃく

two books on the art of war in ancient China, the secrets (essence) of the art of war, secrets of successful life, precepts for living

三寒四温

さんかんしおん

alternation of three cold and four warm days

朝三暮四

ちょうさんぼし

being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance

再三再四

さいさんさいし

repeatedly

張三李四

ちょうさんりし

the common run of men, the average Joe, good-for-nothing (person)

四三の星

しそうのほし

the plow

三審制度

さんしんせいど

three-tiered court system, principle of a three-instance trial process

三十六歌仙

the thirty-six immortal poets (of the Heian period; as named by Fujiwara no Kintō)

三十六字母

さんじゅうろくじぼ

36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)

三

さん み サン

three

富嶽三十六景

ふがくさんじゅうろっけい

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai)

六十の三つ子

ろくじゅうのみつご

an old man is twice a child

四分六

しぶろく

six to four ratio, sixty-forty

四六判

しろくばん よんろくばん

paper size (127x188mm), duodecimo