Dictionary: “五”

the five senses

the whole body

half;50%;tie;evenness

fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

five

the Japanese syllabary

Olympic Games;Olympics

the five styles of writing Chinese characters

Olympic rings

5 parts;5%

five years of age

the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

eight o'clock (old time system)

May

fifth month of the lunar calendar

fifty;50

as likely as not;fifty-fifty;even match;tie

fine weather during the rainy season

staff notation

five-family unit;five-man group;quintet

instrumental quintet

staff;stave

mixture of ingredients (originally five)

early-summer rain

five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)

mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles)

gomoku (game);five in a row;go-bang

five-storied;quintuplicate;fivefold

five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black);five colours

many kinds;varied

melon;gourd

5th day of the month

five days

quintuplets

sumac gallnut

five generations

killing by inches

close haircut

five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner

five people

gall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae)

five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)

fiveleaf aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianus)

the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)

five times (as much);quintuple;fivefold

Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)

the five Confucian filial-piety relationships

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (of China; 907-979)

fifth court rank