5th day of the month; five days
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
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)
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
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
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
five generations; fifth generation immigrant; gosei; the fifth (e.g. George V)
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
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
Olympic Games; Olympics; Olympic rings
five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
(complaining about) this and that; one thing or another
the five planets (in ancient Chinese astronomy; Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus and Mercury); five stars
five most important temples of a region
five most important temples of a region
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
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)
mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row
the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
diving beetle; Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)
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
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
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-digit number; "ten thousands" column
quinquennial; recurring every five years
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
five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1868-1946)
quinquennial; recurring every five years
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
quinquennial; recurring every five years
the Five Lakes of Mt. Fuji
seven-and-five-syllable meter
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxication)
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 festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
the Five Highways (radiating from Edo)
The Five Classics (of Confucianism)
the five commissioners; administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi
the five sins (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood, and alcohol)
Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai); goyoumatsu
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)
Shiranami Gonin Otoko (common name for the play Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e)
quinquennial; recurring every five years
the five vegetables (garlic chive, Japanese leek, green onion, wasabi and mame); (meal of) five dishes
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups; (lit.) (in groups of) threes and fives
quinquennial; recurring every five years
the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy)
Naoki Prize (literary award)
the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
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
five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1869-1947)
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
the five passions (anger, joy, hatred, desire and grief)
five dhyani buddhas; five wisdom buddhas
Auriga (constellation); the Charioteer
quinquennial; recurring every five years
five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)
Charter Oath (of the Meiji Emperor); Five-Point Imperial Covenant; Imperial Oath of Five Articles
five races under one union (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans; founding principle of the Republic of China)
last five matches of makushita division wrestlers
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
last of the traditional set of five noh plays
seasonable rains and winds; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace
vocal quintet; five-part chorus
Shavuot; Feast of Weeks; (Jewish) Pentecost; Pentecost; Whitsunday
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)
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
Boys' Day celebration (May 5); Dragon Boat Festival (China)
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)
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
five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut)
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)
May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)
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)
life is short; (lit.) life is just fifty years
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)
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)
Category V infectious disease
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)
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)
goto miso (miso from the Kamakura era)
Wu Xing Fist; Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)
five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead
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)
five residences for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace)
five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
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
five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
fiveleaf aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianus)
mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris); goggle-eyed goby
mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris); goggle-eyed goby
flathead silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei)
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
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)
five lowly castes of the ritsuryō system