五ご色しき

noun

five colors; the five colors

Refers to the five traditional colors: red, blue, yellow, white, and black. Often used in artistic, cultural, or descriptive contexts.

• 五ご色しょくの短たん冊ざくが風かぜに揺ゆれている。

  Five-colored strips of paper are swaying in the wind.

• この料りょう理りは五ご色しょくの食しょく材ざいを使つかっている。

  This dish uses ingredients of five colors.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

various; many kinds; varied

Used attributively with の to mean 'of many kinds' or 'varied'. Often appears in set phrases like 五色の声 (varied voices/opinions).

• 五ご色しょくの声こえが飛とび交かう会かい議ぎだった。

  It was a meeting where varied opinions were flying about.

• 五ご色しょくの花はなが庭にわを彩いろどっている。

  Flowers of many colors brighten the garden.

noun

melon; gourd

Rare, archaic noun meaning melon or gourd, from the association with the five colors of ripe fruit. Not used in modern Japanese outside of historical or literary contexts.

See also: 瓜

• 古こ語ごでは「五ご色しょく」を瓜うりの意い味みで用もちいることがある。

  In classical language, 五色 can be used to mean 'melon'.