Words
Words with 五
Kanji 五, meaning five, appears in 337 Japanese vocabulary entries.
五体
ごたい
the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
ロシア五人組
ロシアごにんぐみ
The Five (circle of Russian composers: Balakirev, Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin)
陰陽五行
いんようごぎょう
the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology
鎌倉五山
かまくらござん
the five great Rinzai temples of Kamakura (Kenchō-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jōchi-ji, Jōmyō-ji)
五右衛門風呂
ごえもんぶろ
bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink