half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
5th day of the month; five days
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
five (long cylindrical things)
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)
15th day of the month; 15 days
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
25th day of the month; 25 days
the five fingers; leading five; top five
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings
five colors (esp. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
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
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups; (lit.) (in groups of) threes and fives
to grumble about something (trivial)
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet; (arch.) five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)
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)
Olympic Games; Olympics; Olympic rings
shichi-go-san; 7-5-3 day; festival day for children aged 7, 5 and 3 held on or around November 15; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
the five viscera and the six internal organs; inside one's body; in one's heart
night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold
six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference
the five planets (in ancient Chinese astronomy; Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus and Mercury); five stars
(complaining about) this and that; one thing or another
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
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
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero; rounding off (views); converging to a common opinion
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
five most important temples of a region
fifth year of elementary school; fifth year elementary school student
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
five directions (center, north, south, east, and west)
the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))
five-toed (socks); top 5 (counting with fingers)
mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row
prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect
the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
diving beetle; Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)
standard gojūon syllabary order (beginning with aiueo)
the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology
Council of Five Elders; committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age
the five eyes (physical eye, heavenly eye, wisdom eye, dharma eye and Buddha eye)
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
the five virtues (esp. in Confucianism); tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand; family crest in the shape of a three-legged kettle stand
five strings; five-stringed instrument
May 15 incident (1932 assassination of Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi by young naval officers, ending party-led government in Japan)
blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work; the May blues
a wonder lasts but nine days; (lit.) gossip lasts just 75 days
huge harvest (of the five grains); bumper crop; abundant crop
quinquennial; recurring every five years
the five colours: green, yellow, red, white and black; the five colors; five-coloured porcelain; five-colored porcelain
bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink
five-digit number; "ten thousands" column
five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)
the five continents; Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia; Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America
torn asunder; disrupted and disorganized
the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row
regular pentagon; equilateral pentagon
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters)
fifth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and central)
the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics
stiff shoulders (usu. owing to age); frozen shoulder
the Five Lakes of Mt. Fuji
five-part gravestone representing earth, water, fire, wind and heaven
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)
seven-and-five-syllable meter
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
five great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Trilokavijaya, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)
half-florescent; half-bloomed
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)
arriving five minutes early; being ready five minutes early; practice of always being early (to ensure punctuality)
the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
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
the Five Highways (radiating from Edo)
the five commissioners; administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi
the five continents; Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia; Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America
five signs of the impending death of a heavenly being
The Five Classics (of Confucianism)
the five 20-point cards (high-scoring meld)
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron
five flavor fruit (Schisandra chinensis); magnolia berry; schisandra fruit
Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai); goyoumatsu
five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1868-1946)
desire arising from the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch); the five desires (for wealth, sex, food and drink, fame, and sleep)
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)
the Five Good Emperors (of the Roman Empire; Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius)
poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
theory of the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); five phases theory; wuxing theory
Kyoto Gozan; the five most important Rinzai temples of Kyoto
the five vegetables (garlic chive, Japanese leek, green onion, wasabi and mame); (meal of) five dishes
the five great Rinzai temples of Kamakura (Kenchō-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jōchi-ji, Jōmyō-ji)
the five Confucian filial-piety relationships
the five home provinces and seven districts of ancient Japan
casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)
nine-to-five (working hours); nine to five
Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China; 304-439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period
Boys' Festival paper-carp streamers
paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)
Pentateuch; Five Books of Moses; Torah
the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy)
Naoki Prize (literary award)
Pentateuch; Five Books of Moses; Torah
the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
2.5D (projection); pseudo-3D; 2D representation of a 3D object with added depth or height information; half fictional (anime, manga, etc.) and half real-life; between the 2D and 3D worlds (figures, cosplayers, stage adaptations, etc.)
Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
The Five (circle of Russian composers: Balakirev, Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin)
35th day after a person's death
five fundamental texts of Ise Shinto
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (of China; 907-979)
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; 1869-1947)
five-forked road; five-road junction
Chinese poem with five characters per line
five and seven-syllable meter
sagohachi-zuke; vegetables, seafood, or mushrooms pickled in a sagohachi base, local dish of Fukushima, Yamagata, and Akita prefectures
soroban bead with value five
sushi rice mixed with various ingredients (vegetables, fish, etc.)
soba with various vegetables, seafood, and meat
sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)
the five passions (anger, joy, hatred, desire and grief)
the five sins (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood, and alcohol)
five dhyani buddhas; five wisdom buddhas
Auriga (constellation); the Charioteer
Jersey cudweed (species of cottonweed, Gnaphalium affine)
dish of simmered soybeans and vegetables
May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)
May 68 (period of civil unrest in France; May-June 1968)
five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)
Charter Oath (of the Meiji Emperor); Five-Point Imperial Covenant; Imperial Oath of Five Articles
last five matches of makushita division wrestlers
division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect)
Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (mythological rulers of ancient China)
five hindrances (that prevent a woman from becoming a Buddha, a Brahmā, a Shakra, a devil king, or a wheel-turning king); five obstructions to women's attainment; five hindrances (that impede ascetic practices; sensory desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, doubt)
Winter Olympics; Winter Olympic Games
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
five defilements; five corruptions; five impurities
Japanese crucian carp (Carassius cuvieri); white crucian carp
last of the traditional set of five noh plays
poem of eight lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
at age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War; (lit.) fifteen years' war
seasonable rains and winds; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace
vocal quintet; five-part chorus
Shavuot; Feast of Weeks; (Jewish) Pentecost; Pentecost; Whitsunday
godan verb; type 1 verb; consonant-stem verb; u-verb
the Japanese syllabary table
the five Confucian filial-piety relationships
the five basic sentence structures of English (SV, SVC, SVO, SVOO, SVOC)
pain caused by the five skandhas
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 blessings (health, wealth, longevity, love of virtue and dying a natural death)
five-stringed instrument; pentachord
Boys' Day celebration (May 5); Dragon Boat Festival (China)
farmer; bumpkin; yokel; peasant
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
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
without complaining (about this and that); without arguing; without grumbling; with good grace
B5 paper size (182 mm x 257 mm)
Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
A5 paper size (148mm x 210mm)
five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death); five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)
five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)
Fifth Generation Computer System; FGCS
life is short; (lit.) life is just fifty years
theory of the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); five phases theory; wuxing theory
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)
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; (lit.) fifty today is better than a hundred tomorrow
four days from now (five days in some places)
the five oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic)
The Five Great Bodhisattvas (who uphold the Three Treasures and protect the sovereign)
division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five periods (theory of the Tendai sect)
days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)
25th of the month; 25 days
fifth force; fifth force of nature
the six articles of faith and five pillars of Islam
the five pillars of Islam and six articles of faith
(the most thrilling relationships for a man are) another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife
eating with one's hands; (lit.) five chopsticks
five generations of earthly deities
round-off function; rounding
Twenty-Five Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-five Chinese historical books (the Twenty-Four Histories and the New History of Yuan)
the five basic sentence structures of English (SV, SVC, SVO, SVOO, SVOC)
Category V infectious disease
15 puzzle; game of fifteen; 4x4 sliding puzzle
five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner
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-line musical notation; Western musical notation based on the five-line staff
goto miso (miso from the Kamakura era)
The Book of Five Rings (martial arts treatise by Miyamoto Musashi, 1643)
Wu Xing Fist; Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)
five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead
meat and the five pungent roots (avoided in Buddhist cuisine)
five punishments (of the ritsuryō 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)
Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games
five residences for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace)
five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
five-starred Red Flag; flag of China
larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)
50 Cent Party (Internet commentators paid by the Chinese government to manipulate public opinion); 50 Cent Army
five-sided fort; Pentagon
dried young anchovies (or sardines)
fiveleaf aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianus)
mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris); goggle-eyed goby
European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
flathead silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei)
Carassius auratus grandoculis (subspecies of goldfish)
Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris); great bittern
Amami pine (Pinus amamiana); Yakushima white pine
painted bunting (Passerina ciris)
barbet (any bird of family Capitonidae)
Japanese night heron (Gorsachius goisagi)
rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus); rainbow lory
striated heron (Butorides striata); green-backed heron
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
five lowly castes of the ritsuryō system
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
the five night watches; fifth watch of the night (approx. 3am to 5am)
the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
five lowly castes of the ritsuryō system