half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
diving beetle; Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)
five (long cylindrical things)
five most important temples of a region
the five virtues; tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand; family crest in the shape of such an object
Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai); goyoumatsu
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut); five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships; five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)
five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
five generations; fifth generation immigrant; gosei; the fifth (e.g. George V)
five most important temples of a region
rank (of troops); line; formation; array; procession
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
fifth year of elementary school; fifth year elementary school student
five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold
five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes; five flavors (milk at various stages of making ghee: fresh milk, cream, curdled milk, butter, and ghee); (fig.) the five periods of the Buddha's teachings
quinquennial; recurring every five years
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
Council of Five Elders (committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age)
a wonder lasts but nine days; (lit.) gossip lasts just 75 days
a wonder lasts but nine days; (lit.) gossip lasts just 75 days
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
The Five Classics (of Confucianism)
five-digit number; "ten thousands" column
the five continents; Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia; Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
seven-and-five-syllable meter
to divide into five parts
the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period
the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxication)
the five commissioners (administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
the Five Highways (radiating from Edo)
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
five races under one union (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans; founding principle of the Republic of China); harmony of the five races (Manchurians, Han, Mongolians, Koreans, Japanese; official policy of Manchukuo)
five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1868-1946)
five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death); five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)
the five vegetables (garlic chive, Japanese leek, green onion, wasabi and mame); (meal of) five dishes
the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy)
the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
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); crime of killing one's master, father, grandfather, mother, or grandmother
five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1868-1946)
five fundamental texts of Ise Shinto
the five sins (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood, and alcohol)
the five passions (anger, joy, hatred, desire and grief)
Auriga (constellation); the Charioteer
five dhyani buddhas; five wisdom buddhas
five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)
May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)
Charter Oath (of the Meiji Emperor); Five-Point Imperial Covenant; Imperial Oath of Five Articles
last five matches of makushita division wrestlers
last of the traditional set of five noh plays
Shavuot; Feast of Weeks; (Jewish) Pentecost; Pentecost; Whitsunday
seasonable rains and winds; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace
five strings; five-stringed instrument
the five sentence structures (SV, SVC, SVO, SVOO, SVOC)
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)
larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)
the five oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic)
vocal quintet; five-part chorus
25th of the month; 25 days
four days from now (five days in some places)
Wu Xing Fist; Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)
five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death); five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)
life is short; (lit.) life is just fifty years
five residences for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace)
five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
miso from the Kamakura era
five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead
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)
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)
five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner
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)
the five night watches; fifth watch of the night (approx. 3am to 5am)
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
five lowly castes of the ritsuryo system
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)