五ご輪りん塔とう

noun

five-ring pagoda; five-element stupa

A Buddhist gravestone or monument composed of five stacked shapes representing earth, water, fire, wind, and heaven (void).

• 古ふるいお寺てらの墓ぼ地ちに五ご輪りん塔とうが並ならんでいる。

  Five-ring pagodas stand in a row in the old temple graveyard.