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五大明王

ごだいみょうおう

five great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Trilokavijaya, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)

五大洋

ごたいよう

the five oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic)

五大陸

ごたいりく

the five continents

五大老

ごたいろう

Council of Five Elders

五段

ごだん

fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)

五段活用

ごだんかつよう

godan verb conjugation

五段動詞

ごだんどうし

godan verb

五男

ごなん

fifth son

五智如来

ごちにょらい

five dhyani buddhas

五斗米

ごとべい

small salary

五斗米道

ごとべいどう

Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters)

五斗味噌

ごとみそ

miso from the Kamakura era

五度

ごど

fifth (interval)

五度圏

ごどけん

circle of fifths

五島鯨

ごとうくじら

larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)

五島美術館

ごとうびじゅつかん

The Gotoh Museum

五等爵

ごとうしゃく

five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1869-1947)

五徳

ごとく

family crest in the shape of such an object

五内

ごだい

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

五日熱

いつかねつ

trench fever

五念門

ごねんもん

five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead

五倍

ごばい

five times (as much)

五倍子

ごばいし

sumac gallnut

五倍子の木

ふしのき

Chinese sumac (Brucea javanica)

五倍子蜂

ふしばち

gall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae)

五番目物

ごばんめもの

last of the traditional set of five noh plays

五百

いお

many

五百円玉

ごひゃくえんだま

500 yen coin

五百万

いおよろず

many

五風十雨

ごふうじゅうう

seasonable rains and winds

五分

ごぶん

diving into five parts

五分

ごふん

five minutes

五分の一

ごぶんのいち

one fifth part

五分刈り

ごぶがり

close haircut

五分咲き

ごぶざき

half-florescent

五分試し

ごぶだめし

killing by inches

五文型

ごぶんけい

the five sentence structures (SV, SVC, SVO, SVOO, SVOC)

五文字

いつもじ

first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.

五平餅

ごへいもち

skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso

五辺形

ごへんけい

pentagon

五奉行

ごぶぎょう

the five commissioners

五紡星

ごぼうせい

pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)

五本

ごほん

five (long cylindrical things)

五本の指に入る

ごほんのゆびにはいる

to be among the top five

五本指

ごほんゆび

five-toed (socks)

五本指ソックス

ごほんゆびソックス

five-toed socks

五本指靴下

ごほんゆびくつした

five-toed socks

五本箸

ごほんばし

eating with one's hands

五万と

ごまんと

in a great quantity

五万米

ごまめ

dried young anchovies (or sardines)

五味

ごみ

five flavors (milk at various stages of making ghee: fresh milk, cream, curdled milk, butter, and ghee)

五無間業

ごむけんごう

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)

五明

ごみょう

the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy)

五明後日

ごあさって

four days from now (five days in some places)

五面体

ごめんたい

pentahedron

五目ごはん

ごもくごはん

casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables

五目ずし

ごもくずし

sushi rice mixed with various ingredients (vegetables, fish, etc.)

五目そば

ごもくそば

soba with various vegetables, seafood, and meat

五目めし

ごもくめし

casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables

五目並べ

ごもくならべ

gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones)

五門禅

ごもんぜん

five approaches to meditation

五夜

ごや

division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods

五葉

ごよう

Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai)

五葉の松

いつはのまつ

Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)

五葉松

ごようまつ

Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai)

五里夢中

ごりむちゅう

totally at a loss

五稜郭

ごりょうかく

five-sided fortification

五稜堡

ごりょうほ

Pentagon

五倫

ごりん

the five Confucian filial-piety relationships

五倫の道

ごりんのみち

the five Confucian filial-piety relationships

五輪の塔

ごりんのとう

five-story pagoda

五輪マーク

ごりんマーク

five-ring Olympic emblem

五輪旗

ごりんき

Olympic Flag

五輪休戦

ごりんきゅうせん

Olympic truce

五輪書

ごりんのしょ

The Book of Five Rings (martial arts treatise by Miyamoto Musashi, 1643)

五輪聖火

ごりんせいか

Olympic torch

五輪大会

ごりんたいかい

Olympic Games

五輪塔

ごりんとう

five-part gravestone representing earth, water, fire, wind and heaven

五類感染症

ごるいかんせんしょう

Category V infectious disease

五芒

ごぼう

pentagram

五葷

ごくん

five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)

五蘊

ごうん

the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness)

五賤

ごせん

five lowly castes of the ritsuryō system

御形

おぎょう

Jersey cudweed (species of cottonweed, Gnaphalium affine)

溝五位

みぞごい

Japanese night heron (Gorsachius goisagi)

三厭五葷

さんえんごくん

meat and the five pungent roots (avoided in Buddhist cuisine)

三公社五現業

さんこうしゃごげんぎょう

three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol)

三皇五帝

さんこうごてい

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (mythological rulers of ancient China)

四の五の

しのごの

(complaining about) this and that

四の五の言う

しのごのいう

to grumble about something (trivial)

四肢五体

ししごたい

the whole body

四捨五入機能

ししゃごにゅうきのう

round-off function

四書五経

ししょごきょう

the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism

四当五落

よんとうごらく

sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)

似五郎鮒

にごろぶな

Carassius auratus grandoculis (subspecies of goldfish)

七五三

しめ

rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil

七五調

しちごちょう

seven-and-five-syllable meter

週五日

しゅういつか

five days a week

十五

トゴ

black-market loan charging 50% interest every ten days

十五年戦争

じゅうごねんせんそう

Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945)