五ご倍ばい

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

five times; quintuple; fivefold

Used to express a quantity or degree that is five times as much as a reference. Can function as a noun or modify another noun with の.

• 今年ことしの売うり上あげは去きょ年ねんの五ご倍ばいになった。

  This year's sales became five times last year's.

• 五ご倍ばいの量りょうの水みずを加くわえてください。

  Please add five times the amount of water.