ごぶ – Vocabulary details

ごぶ

Meanings

Adverb

Noun

1. half; 50%; tie; evenness

2. 5 parts; 5%

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

ご

ぶ

Used in: 152

Composed of

ご

five; 5

ぶ

one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency); thickness; advantageous circumstances; one-tenth of a monme of silver

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

ごぶごぶ

as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie

くすんごぶ

dagger

いっすんのむしにもごぶのたましい

tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them

Examples (6 in total)

あとごぶ！あとごぶ待まって下ください！

Five more minutes! Please wait five more minutes!

バスはごぶ後ごに発はっ車しゃします。

The bus leaves in five minutes.

私わたしの時と計けいは一いち日にちにごぶ遅おくれる。

My watch loses five minutes a day.

電でん車しゃはあとごぶで到とう着ちゃくの予よ定ていです。

The train is due to arrive here in 5 minutes.

ごぶ後ご、彼かの女じょは台だい所どころから現あらわれた。

Five minutes later she emerged from the kitchen.

最さい後ごの調ちょう整せいを完かん了りょうするためにごぶください。