Sens du Mot 五斗米

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

miso from the Kamakura era

instrumental quintet

staff notation

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

quinquennial

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

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

Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai)

Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)

the Five Highways (radiating from Edo)

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