五

Rare term

the whole body

Rare term

Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)

Rare term

gall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae)

Rare term

Chinese sumac (Brucea javanica)

Rare term

goto miso (miso from the Kamakura era)

Numeric

5,000,000; five million

五百万 only; Archaic; Common noun

many

five-family unit; five-man group; quintet

Archaic

five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)

Archaic

division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods

the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)

Abbreviation; Shinto

rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil

Archaic

cordoning off; cordoning-off sign

Historical term; In western Japan

small Edo period short-distance transport vessel (of marine products, fuel, etc.)

Archaic; In eastern Japan

fish market; fishmonger; marine products

many torrents; many rapids

Buddhism

the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates

the five night watches; fifth watch of the night (approx. 3am to 5am)

the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)

flies swarming at the beginning of summer

cloud during rainy season