三回(さんかい)

三(さん) + the general counter 回(かい) (times, occurrences).

Common collocations

• 一日(いちにち)に三回(さんかい): three times a day
• 週(しゅう)に三回(さんかい): three times a week
• 三回(さんかい)目(め): the third time
• 三回(さんかい)戦(せん): the third round (of a tournament)

Similar words

• 三度(さんど): three times — interchangeable in most contexts, and the usual choice in set phrases such as 三度(さんど)の食事(しょくじ) (three meals a day)
• 三回忌(さんかいき): the second-anniversary memorial service — a fixed Buddhist term, counted differently from ordinary repetitions