五

Proverb

a wonder lasts but nine days; gossip lasts just 75 days

close haircut

huge harvest (of the five grains); bumper crop; abundant crop

Named after the robber Goemon Ishikawa, who was boiled to death in one

bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink

torn asunder; disrupted and disorganized

50 yen coin

gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row

full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

half-florescent; half-bloomed

the Five Lakes of Mt. Fuji

regular pentagon; equilateral pentagon

dagger

Usu. adverbially as 五月雨式に

off and on manner; intermittent style; dragging on and on

the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics

Proverb

tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them

Boys' May Festival dolls

mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris); goggle-eyed goby

decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year

five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)

casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables

nine-to-five (working hours); nine to five

five-toed socks

Buddhism

five great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Trilokavijaya, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)

Grammar

godan verb conjugation