Japanese Words Containing 五

Word	Reading	Definition	JLPT
五月	ごがつ	May; fifth month of the lunar calendar	n5
五つ	いつつ	five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)	n5
五	ご	five; 5	n5
五体	ごたい	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)
五色	ごしき	five colors (esp. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied
五輪	ごりん	Olympic Games; Olympics; Olympic rings
五月雨	さみだれ	early-summer rain
十五夜	じゅうごや	night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
五感	ごかん	the five senses	n1
三々五々	さんさんごご	in groups of twos and threes; in small groups; (in groups of) threes and fives
五彩	ごさい	the five colours: green, yellow, red, white and black; the five colors; five-coloured porcelain; five-colored porcelain
五穀	ごこく	the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))
五行	ごぎょう	the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing; five practices of the Bodhisattvas
五官	ごかん	the five sense organs	n1
五重塔	ごじゅうのとう	five-storied pagoda
五里霧中	ごりむちゅう	totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog
五分	ごぶ	half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%
五重の塔	ごじゅうのとう	five-storied pagoda
五十歩百歩	ごじっぽひゃっぽ	six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference
五位鷺	ごいさぎ	black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron
五大	ごだい	the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings
五山	ごさん	five most important temples of a region	n1
五経	ごきょう	The Five Classics (of Confucianism)
五臓	ごぞう	the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
五分五分	ごぶごぶ	as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
五臓六腑	ごぞうろっぷ	the five viscera and the six internal organs; inside one's body; in one's heart
五味	ごみ	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)	n4
五目	ごもく	mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row
五徳	ごとく	the five virtues (esp. in Confucianism); tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand; family crest in the shape of a three-legged kettle stand
七五調	しちごちょう	seven-and-five-syllable meter
五寸釘	ごすんくぎ	long nail; spike
五稜郭	ごりょうかく	five-sided fortification
五節句	ごせっく	the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
五指	ごし	the five fingers; leading five; top five
五人	ごにん	five people
五音	ごいん	pentatonic scale
七五三	しちごさん	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
源五郎	げんごろう	diving beetle; Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)
五更	ごこう	the five night watches; fifth watch of the night (approx. 3am to 5am)	n2
五段	ごだん	godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
四分五裂	しぶんごれつ	torn asunder; disrupted and disorganized
五代	ごだい	Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
五言	ごごん	Chinese poem with five characters per line
九寸五分	くすんごぶ	dagger
五節	ごせつ	the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
五十音	ごじゅうおん	the Japanese syllabary
五戒	ごかい	the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxication)	n2
五穀豊穣	ごこくほうじょう	huge harvest (of the five grains); bumper crop; abundant crop
五月蝿い	うるさい	noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome	n5
五月闇	さつきやみ	dark night in the rainy season
五日	いつか	5th day of the month; five days	n5
五常	ごじょう	the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)
五男	ごなん	fifth son
十五日	じゅうごにち	15th day of the month; 15 days
五目並べ	ごもくならべ	gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row
五十音順	ごじゅうおんじゅん	standard gojūon syllabary order (beginning with aiueo)
五倫	ごりん	the five Confucian filial-piety relationships
五目飯	ごもくめし	casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
四捨五入	ししゃごにゅう	rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero; rounding off (views); converging to a common opinion
五十路	いそじ	age fifty; one's fifties
五角形	ごかくけい	pentagon
五右衛門風呂	ごえもんぶろ	bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink
五絃	ごげん	five strings; five-stringed instrument
五人囃子	ごにんばやし	five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)
五明	ごみょう	the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy)
五夜	ごや	division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
五葉松	ごようまつ	Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
五加	うこぎ	fiveleaf aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianus)
五衰	ごすい	five signs of the impending death of a heavenly being
五逆	ごぎゃく	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
第五	だいご	fifth
五風十雨	ごふうじゅうう	seasonable rains and winds; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace
五重	いつえ	five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold
五黄	ごおう	fifth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and central)
五目鮨	ごもくずし	sushi rice mixed with various ingredients (vegetables, fish, etc.)
五線	ごせん	staff; stave
五蘊	ごうん	the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
五七調	ごしちちょう	five and seven-syllable meter
五十肩	ごじゅうかた	stiff shoulders (usu. owing to age); frozen shoulder
五月晴	さつきばれ	fine weather during the rainy season
七五三縄	しめなわ	rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
五菜	ごさい	the five vegetables (garlic chive, Japanese leek, green onion, wasabi and mame); (meal of) five dishes
五斗米	ごとべい	small salary
五節供	ごせっく	the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
五月晴れ	さつきばれ	fine weather during the rainy season
五葉	ごよう	Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai); goyoumatsu	n2
五位	ごい	fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks	n1
五摂家	ごせっけ	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
五十三次	ごじゅうさんつぎ	fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
五角	ごかく	pentagon	n1
五時	ごじ	five o'clock
五障	ごしょう	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)
五月病	ごがつびょう	blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work; the May blues
二十五日	にじゅうごにち	25th day of the month; 25 days
源五郎鮒	げんごろうぶな	Japanese crucian carp (Carassius cuvieri); white crucian carp
五倍子	ふし	sumac gallnut	n2
五本	ごほん	five (long cylindrical things)
五十日	ごとおび	days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)
五味子	ごみし	five flavor fruit (Schisandra chinensis); magnolia berry; schisandra fruit
五行説	ごぎょうせつ	theory of the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); five phases theory; wuxing theory

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