Word Meaning 五情

ごじょう gojou

五情 is read as ごじょう (gojou) and means the five passions (anger, joy, hatred, desire and grief).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

ごじょう

Romaji

gojou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 56920 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

五感

ごかん

the five senses

五十三次

ごじゅうさんつぎ

fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

五人組

ごにんぐみ

five-family unit

五月晴れ

さつきばれ

fine weather during the rainy season

五内

ごない

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

五本指

ごほんゆび

five-toed (socks)

五七調

ごしちちょう

five and seven-syllable meter

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

五本の指に入る

ごほんのゆびにはいる

to be among the top five

五加

うこぎ

fiveleaf aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianus)

五指

ごし

the five fingers

五指に入る

ごしにはいる

to be among the top five