Meanings
Numeric
1. five; 5
伍 is used in legal documents
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (136 in total)
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
① 序列が五番目であること。五番目の。
① 五回。② 温度、角度を表す単位「度」五つ分の大きさ。③ 楽譜上、五個の音を隣同士の高さに順に並べたときの、両端の音の間の音程。
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
① コウチュウ目オサムシ上科ゲンゴロウ類に属する甲虫の総称。
five (long cylindrical things)
five most important temples of a region
Olympic rings; Olympics
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
① 五種類の色。特に青、黄、赤、白、黒を指す。② いろいろな色。③ 東寺瓜の異名。
five minutes
① 人日、上巳、端午、七夕、重陽をあらわしたもの。
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.)
rank and file; the ranks
five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)
fifty; 50
15; fifteen
500; five hundred; many
five o'clock
twenty-five; 1am
① 外界の事物を感知するための5つの感覚機能。視覚・聴覚・嗅覚・味覚・触覚の総称。
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
corporal
① 五種類の色。特に青、黄、赤、白、黒を指す。② いろいろな色。③ 東寺瓜の異名。
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.)
one fifth part
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
five-sided fortification
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
① 隊を組んできちんと並ぶこと。また、その組・列。
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
fifth son
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
long nail; spike
pentatonic scale
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)
fifth daughter
5,000 yen bill
Council of Five Elders (committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age)
① 多角形の一つ。5個の頂点と5本の辺をもつ。
① 多角形の一つ。5個の頂点と5本の辺をもつ。
① 五感の機能を持つ5つの感覚器官。目(視覚)・耳(聴覚)・鼻(嗅覚)・舌(味覚)・皮膚(触覚)の総称。
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)
instrumental quintet
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
pentagon
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)
staff; stave
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)
① 古代中国で行われた5種類の刑罰。② 近代以降取り入れられた死刑、無期懲役、有期懲役、拘留、罰金の5種の刑罰。特に中華民国のそれを指す。
the five vegetables (garlic chive, Japanese leek, green onion, wasabi and mame); (meal of) five dishes
N battery; N cell
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)
small salary
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
Pentateuch
five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1868-1946)
five fundamental texts of Ise Shinto
quintic equation
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
pentagonal pyramid
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
pentagonal prism
straight A's; all A's
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)
pentahedron
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
① 日本国有鉄道・日本電信電話公社・日本専売公社の3つの公共企業体(公社)、および、郵便・国有林野・紙幣等印刷・造幣・アルコール専売の5つの国の事業(現業)のこと。のち、3つの公社は民営化して特殊会社に移り、5つの事業も国有林野を除いて独立行政法人または特殊会社に移管している。
① 日本国有鉄道・日本電信電話公社・日本専売公社の3つの公共企業体(公社)、および、郵便・国有林野・紙幣等印刷・造幣・アルコール専売の5つの国の事業(現業)のこと。のち、3つの公社は民営化して特殊会社に移り、5つの事業も国有林野を除いて独立行政法人または特殊会社に移管している。
five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner
5,000 yen bill
bi-quinary system
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)
Examples (54 in total)
Is it fifth period?
Do you have five dollars?
Five times five is twenty-five.