五本
ご
ほ
ん
Meanings
1
five (long cylindrical things)
Counter 本 (ほん) used for long, cylindrical objects such as bottles, pens, trees, or fingers. The reading ごほん follows the standard number+counter pattern.
There are five bottles of beer in the fridge.
Please give me five pencils.
Expressions
- 五本の指に入るto be among the top five; to be one of the five best