Three sides

Japanese: 三面 - さんめん

[noun] ① A statue of Buddha or the like that has one body but three faces on one head. *Taiheiki (late 14th century) chapter 12 "It had eight arms and six legs, an iron shield, three faces in one, and was clad in golden armor." ② Three flat surfaces. Also, the third flat surface. [Shulichu - Shunkan] ③ Three things that are flat, or have flat parts. *Heike (early 13th century) chapter 7 "Gensho, Shishimaru, and Aoyama passed down the three biwa playing techniques from generation to generation." ④ Three aspects of something. Three directions. ⑤ (From the time when newspapers had four pages, when the third page was the society section) The page in a newspaper that mainly carries society articles. Also, those articles. The society section. ※Hyaku Monogatari (1911) by Mori Ogai: "It's been a long time since I've been on the third page of a newspaper." ⑥ Abbreviation of "Sanmenkisha (third page reporter)." ※Shakai Hyakumenso (1902) by Uchida Roan: "The world is at peace." "The inside story is supposed to be leaked to the third page of a certain newspaper."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 仏像などで、一つの体で、頭部に三つの顔があるもの。※太平記（１４Ｃ後）一二「八臂六足にして鉄の楯を挟み、三面一体にして金の鎧著せり」② 三つの平面。また、第三の平面。〔周礼注‐春官〕③ 平たいもの、平たい部分を持つものの三つ。※平家（１３Ｃ前）七「玄象・師子丸・青山、三面の琵琶を相伝してわたりけるが」④ 事物の三つの部面。三つの方面。⑤ (新聞紙が四ページだった頃、第三ページが社会面だったところから) 新聞で、社会記事をおもに載せるページ。また、その記事。社会面。※百物語（1911）〈森鴎外〉「新聞の三面(サンメン)に出るやうになってからもう大ぶ久しくなる」⑥ 「さんめんきしゃ（三面記者）」の略。※社会百面相（1902）〈内田魯庵〉天下太平なる哉「内幕のスッパ抜きは某新聞の三面に洩らす筈なれば」

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