ご
Meanings
Numeric
1. five; 5
伍 is used in legal documents
There are five in total.
Pitch accent
ご
Used in vocabulary (157 in total)
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
fifth (interval)
five o'clock
five most important temples of a region
five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold
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 minutes
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
500; five hundred; many
five (long cylindrical things)
The Five Classics (of Confucianism)
fifty; 50
(complaining about) this and that; one thing or another
fifteen; 15
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
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)
Boys' Day celebration (May 5); Dragon Boat Festival (China)
mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row
diving beetle; Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)
five colors (esp. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
25; twenty five; 1am
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
farmer; bumpkin; yokel; peasant
five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)
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 times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
Olympic Games; Olympics; Olympic rings
5th day of the month; five days
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
five generations; fifth generation immigrant; gosei; the fifth (e.g. George V)
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
5-5 point
last of the traditional set of five noh plays
five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)
fifth
the five senses
corporal
five colors (esp. 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
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
one fifth part
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
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
five-sided fortification
rank (of troops); line; formation; array; procession
rank (of troops); line; formation; array; procession
five most important temples of a region
fifth son
fifth year of elementary school; fifth year elementary school student
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
long nail; spike
the five planets (in ancient Chinese astronomy; Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus and Mercury); five stars
quinquennial; recurring every five years
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
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)
5,000 yen bill
pentatonic scale
fifth daughter
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
five strings; five-stringed instrument
the five sense organs
May 15 incident (1932 assassination of Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi by young naval officers, ending party-led government in Japan)
farmer; bumpkin; yokel; peasant
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
instrumental quintet
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
pentagon
five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1868-1946)
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
the Five Lakes of Mt. Fuji
seven-and-five-syllable meter
the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxication)
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
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 Highways (radiating from Edo)
staff; stave
the five commissioners; administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai); goyoumatsu
dividing into five parts
desire arising from the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch); the five desires (for wealth, sex, food and drink, fame, and sleep)
the five sins (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood, and alcohol)
rank and file; the ranks
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)
Shiranami Gonin Otoko (common name for the play Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e)
the five vegetables (garlic chive, Japanese leek, green onion, wasabi and mame); (meal of) five dishes
N battery; N cell
small salary
the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy)
quintic equation
Naoki Prize (literary award)
Pentateuch
five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1869-1947)
five fundamental texts of Ise Shinto
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
pentagonal pyramid
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
Shavuot; Feast of Weeks; (Jewish) Pentecost; Pentecost; Whitsunday
vocal quintet; five-part chorus
seasonable rains and winds; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace
pentagonal prism
straight A's; all A's
the five basic sentence structures of English (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)
the five blessings (health, wealth, longevity, love of virtue and dying a natural death)
the five oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic)
five-sided fort; Pentagon
four days from now (five days in some places)
Wu Xing Fist; Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)
pentahedron
larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)
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)
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
goto miso (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
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)
Category V infectious disease
50 Cent Party (Internet commentators paid by the Chinese government to manipulate public opinion); 50 Cent Army
The Five Great Bodhisattvas (who uphold the Three Treasures and protect the sovereign)
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 ritsuryō system
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
Gojō Station (Kyoto)
Examples (126 in total)
Is it fifth period?
The square of 5 is 25.
She is five years old.