Your search matched 228 words.
Search Terms: 五*

Dictionary results(showing 26-125 of 228 results)


noun
Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)(obscure)
See also:五葉松

noun
fiveleaf aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
うこぎ《五加木》
ごか《五加》
ごか《五加木》
ウコギ

noun
the five sins in Buddhism (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood and drink)

noun
1.
fifth court rank
2.
black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), night heron(abbreviation)
See also:五位鷺
3.
five ranks, five stages(Buddhist term)

noun
black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), night heron(usually kana)
Other readings:
ゴイサギ

noun
pentatonic scale
Other readings:
五音【ごおん】

noun
the five skandhas (the five aggregates: matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness)(Buddhist term)

noun
bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink(named after the robber Goemon Ishikawa, who was boiled to death in one)

noun
5 yen coin
Other readings:
五円玉【ごえんだま】

noun
fifth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and central)
See also:九星

noun
the five skandhas (the five aggregates: matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness)(archaism, Buddhist term)
See also:五蘊

noun
1.
five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut)
2.
five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships(Buddhist term)(only relevant for 五果)
3.
five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life(Buddhist term)(only relevant for 五果)
Other readings:
五菓【ごか】

noun
the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying and intemperance)(Buddhist term)

noun
pentagon
Other readings:
五角形【ごかっけい】

かじょうせいもん
gokajounogoseimon
expression, noun
Charter Oath (of the Meiji Emperor), Five-Point Imperial Covenant, Imperial Oath of Five Articles

noun
events of May 1968 (strikes, protests and riots in France)

noun
Boys' Festival paper-carp streamers
Other readings:
五月幟【さつきのぼり】

noun
blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work, the May blues
Other readings:
5月病【ごがつびょう】

prenominal
quinquennial, recurring every five years
Other readings:
五カ年【ごかねん】
五ヵ年【ごかねん】
五ヶ年【ごかねん】
五か年【ごかねん】
五ケ年【ごかねん】
5箇年【ごかねん】
5カ年【ごかねん】
5ヵ年【ごかねん】
5ヶ年【ごかねん】
5か年【ごかねん】
5ケ年【ごかねん】

noun
the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)(abbreviation)
See also:五畿内

noun
the five home provinces and seven districts of ancient Japan
See also:五畿,  七道

noun
the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
See also:四畿内

noun
1.
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water), the five phases, wu xing
2.
five practices of the Bodhisattvas(Buddhist term)
3.
the five pillars of Islam
See also:六信五行

noun
Jersey cudweed (species of cottonweed, Gnaphalium affine)(usually kana)
See also:母子草
Other readings:
ごぎょう《五形》
おぎょう《御形》
ゴギョウ
オギョウ

noun
five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner

noun
five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)
See also:五辛

noun
1.
five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)(archaism)
2.
five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)
See also:律令制

noun
Wu Xing Fist, Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)(martial arts)

noun
five-digit number, "ten thousands" column

noun
the five eyes (physical eye, heavenly eye, wisdom eye, dharma eye and Buddha eye)(Buddhist term)

noun
five strings, five-stringed instrument

noun
the Five Good Emperors (of the Roman Empire; Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius)

noun
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)

noun
the five 20-point cards (high-scoring meld in hanafuda)
See also:花札

noun
the five night watches, fifth watch of the night (approx. 3am to 5am)(archaism)

noun
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half(archaism, yojijukugo)

noun
five-spice powder
Other readings:
五香粉【ウーシャンフェン】
五香粉【ウーシャンフン】

noun
the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))

noun
huge harvest (of the five grains), bumper crop, abundant crop(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
五穀豊饒【ごこくほうじょう】

こじゅうろっこく
gokojuurokkoku
noun
Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China from 304 to 439 CE), Sixteen Kingdoms period

noun
Chinese poem with five characters per line

noun
poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters(yojijukugo)

noun
poem of eight lines, each of five (Chinese) characters(yojijukugo)

noun
the five colours: green, yellow, red, white and black, the five colors, five-coloured porcelain, five-colored porcelain

noun
1.
five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)(archaism)
See also:律令制
2.
five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)
See also:五刑

noun
five-forked road, five-road junction
Other readings:
5叉路【ごさろ】

noun
five most important temples of a region(obscure)
Other readings:
五山【ござん】

noun
1.
the five fingers
2.
leading five, top five

noun
five o'clock
Other readings:
五時【ごじ】

noun
May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)
Other readings:
五・四運動【ごしうんどう】

noun
mixed fried vegetables
Other readings:
五色揚【ごしきあげ】

noun
rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus), rainbow lory(usually kana)
Other readings:
ごしきせいがいいんこ《五色青海鸚哥》
ゴシキセイガイインコ

noun
barbet (any bird of family Capitonidae)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ゴシキドリ

しき
goshikinojiko
noun
painted bunting (Passerina ciris)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ゴシキノジコ

noun
five lowly castes of the ritsuryo system(archaism)
See also:律令制

noun
European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ゴシキヒワ

noun
division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five periods (theory of the Tendai sect)(Buddhist term)
See also:五時八教

noun
1.
five and seven
2.
35th day after a person's death(abbreviation)
See also:五七日

noun
five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)

noun
paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)
Other readings:
五七の桐【ごしちのきり】

はい
goshinihairu
expression, Godan-ru verb
to be among the top five, to be one of the five best(idiom )

noun
division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect)(Buddhist term)
See also:五時教

noun
five residences for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace)
See also:後宮

noun
Auriga (constellation), the Charioteer(obscure, astronomy term)
See also:馭者座

noun
50 yen coin
Other readings:
五十円玉【ごじゅうえんだま】

noun
stiff shoulders (usu. owing to age), frozen shoulder

noun
Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ゴジュウカラ

expression
at age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven(yojijukugo)(from Confucius)

noun
five-storied pagoda
Other readings:
五重塔【ごじゅうのとう】

noun
1.
Shavuot, Feast of Weeks, (Jewish) Pentecost
2.
Pentecost, Whitsunday(Christian term)
Show more dictionary results