Ashoka (Indian emperor revered by Chinese Buddhists for his patronage of the religion)

(Chūgoku, Shikoku, Kyūshū) because, since, so: presents the preceding clause as the reason for the following clause

three

(Internet slang) Alternative spelling of さん (san)

a skewer

thirty

Rare form of 参 (“3, three”).

a calling, coming / (Zen Buddhism) a gathering of Zen members in meditation, preaching, and invocation

go (for a specific purpose, for example) / Short for 参議院 (Sangiin): the House of Councillors (upper house of the Diet) / check, verify / add, increase, join (a group, etc.)

a surname / (Chinese astronomy, rare) the Three Stars constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions