五

Meaning

五 represents the number five, a fundamental numeral.

• 五ご
  N5

  five; 5

• 五輪ごりん

  Olympic Games; Olympics

• 五月さつき

  fifth month of the lunar calendar

• 五ウー

  five

• 五ついつつ
  N5

  five

• 五感ごかん
  N1

  the five senses

• 五月雨さみだれ

  early-summer rain

• 五体ごたい

  the whole body

• 五十音ごじゅうおん
  N2

  the Japanese syllabary

• 五味ごみ

  five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes

• 四捨五入ししゃごにゅう
  N2

  rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero

• 五稜郭ごりょうかく

  five-sided fortification

• 五行ごぎょう

  the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing

• 五十路いそじ

  age fifty; one's fifties

• 五色ごしき

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

• 五大ごだい

  the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void)

• 五重の塔ごじゅうのとう

  five-storied pagoda

• 五山ごさん

  five most important temples of a region

• 五分五分ごぶごぶ

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

• 五穀豊穣ごこくほうじょう

  huge harvest (of the five grains); bumper crop; abundant crop

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