Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. half; 50%; tie; evenness
2. 5 parts; 5%
Kanji used
five
part
Pitch accent
Top 4500
Composed of
five; 5
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)
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
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)
Five more minutes! Please wait five more minutes!
The bus leaves in five minutes.
My watch loses five minutes a day.
The train is due to arrive here in 5 minutes.
Five minutes later she emerged from the kitchen.
Give me five minutes to finish the last adjustments.