Kanji 五 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 2

五逆

ごぎゃく

crime of killing one's master, father, grandfather, mother, or grandmother

五逆罪

ごぎゃくざい

five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)

五玉

ごだま

soroban bead with value five

五具足

ごぐそく

five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner

五刑

ごけい

five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)

五形拳

ごけいけん

Wu Xing Fist

五経

ごきょう

The Five Classics (of Confucianism)

五桁

ごけた

five-digit number

五月

さつき

fifth month of the lunar calendar

五月の節句

ごがつのせっく

Boy's Festival

五月闇

さつきやみ

dark night in the rainy season

五月雨雲

さみだれぐも

cloud during rainy season

五月雨式

さみだれしき

off and on manner

五月革命

ごがつかくめい

May 68 (period of civil unrest in France; May-June 1968)

五月祭

ごがつさい

May Day

五月人形

ごがつにんぎょう

Boys' May Festival dolls

五月病

ごがつびょう

blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work

五月幟

ごがつのぼり

Boys' Festival paper-carp streamers

五月蠅

さばえ

flies swarming at the beginning of summer

五月躑躅

さつきつつじ

satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)

五賢帝

ごけんてい

the Five Good Emperors (of the Roman Empire; Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius)

五弦

ごげん

five strings

五絃琴

ごげんきん

five-stringed instrument

五言

ごごん

Chinese poem with five characters per line

五言絶句

ごごんぜっく

poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters

五言律詩

ごごんりっし

poem of eight lines, each of five (Chinese) characters

五胡

ごこ

Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)

五胡十六国

ごこじゅうろっこく

Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China; 304-439 CE)

五光

ごこう

the five 20-point cards (high-scoring meld)

五公五民

ごこうごみん

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half

五更

ごこう

the five night watches

五行

ごぎょう

five practices of the Bodhisattvas

五行六信

ごぎょうろくしん

the five pillars of Islam and six articles of faith

五香粉

ごこうふん

five-spice powder

五穀

ごこく

the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))

五穀豊穣

ごこくほうじょう

huge harvest (of the five grains)

五叉路

ごさろ

five-forked road

五彩

ごさい

the five colours: green, yellow, red, white and black

五菜

ごさい

(meal of) five dishes

五罪

ござい

five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)

五山

ごさん

five most important temples of a region

五四運動

ごしうんどう

May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)

五指

ごし

the five fingers

五指に入る

ごしにはいる

to be among the top five

五時教

ごじきょう

division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five periods (theory of the Tendai sect)

五時八教

ごじはっきょう

division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect)

五次方程式

ごじほうていしき

quintic equation

五七

ごしち

35th day after a person's death

五七桐

ごしちのきり

paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)

五七五

ごしちご

five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)

五七調

ごしちちょう

five and seven-syllable meter

五七日

ごしちにち

35th day after a person's death

五舎

ごしゃ

five residences for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace)

五車星

ごしゃせい

Auriga (constellation)

五爵

ごしゃく

five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1868-1946)

五種競技

ごしゅきょうぎ

pentathlon

五十音順

ごじゅうおんじゅん

standard gojūon syllabary order (aiueo, etc.)

五十音図

ごじゅうおんず

the Japanese syllabary table

五十肩

ごじゅうかた

stiff shoulders (usu. owing to age)

五十雀

ごじゅうから

Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

五十瀬

いせ

many torrents

五十知命

ごじゅうちめい

at age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven

五十日

ごとおび

days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)

五十日

いか

fiftieth day after the birth of a child

五十日の祝

いかのいわい

celebration held 50 days after the birth of a child

五十日の餅

いかのもちい

mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day

五十年祭

ごじゅうねんさい

jubilee

五十歩百歩

ごじっぽひゃっぽ

six of one, half a dozen of the other

五十路

いそじ

age fifty

五重の塔

ごじゅうのとう

five-storied pagoda

五重唱

ごじゅうしょう

vocal quintet

五旬節

ごじゅんせつ

Pentecost

五書

ごしょ

Pentateuch

五女

ごじょ

fifth daughter

五障

ごしょう

five hindrances (that impede ascetic practices; sensory desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, doubt)

五常

ごじょう

the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)

五情

ごじょう

the five passions (anger, joy, hatred, desire and grief)

五色の賤

ごしきのせん

five lowly castes of the ritsuryō system

五色青海鸚哥

ごしきぜいがいいんこ

rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)

五色鳥

ごしきどり

barbet (any bird of family Capitonidae)

五色野路子

ごしきのじこ

painted bunting (Passerina ciris)

五色揚げ

ごしきあげ

mixed fried vegetables

五色鶸

ごしきひわ

European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

五辛

ごしん

five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)

五人囃子

ごにんばやし

five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)

五衰

ごすい

five signs of the impending death of a heavenly being

五寸釘

ごすんくぎ

long nail

五世

ごせい

five generations

五瀬命

いつせのみこと

Itsuse no Mikoto

五星

ごせい

five stars

五星紅旗

ごせいこうき

five-starred Red Flag

五摂家

ごせっけ

the five regent houses

五節

ごせつ

the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)

五節句

ごせっく

the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)

五線記譜法

ごせんきふほう

five-line musical notation

五線紙

ごせんし

music paper

五臓

ごぞう

the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)

五臓六腑

ごぞうろっぷ

the five viscera and the six internal organs

五族協和

ごぞくきょうわ

five races under one union (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans; founding principle of the Republic of China)

五体投地

ごたいとうち

prostration