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三年 さんねん

  1. three years

石の上にも三年 いしのうえにもさんねん

  1. perseverance prevails; three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)

桃栗三年柿八年 ももくりさんねんかきはちねん

  1. 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
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