五

Historical term

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

Historical term

five lowly castes of the ritsuryō system

Abbreviation; Historical term

five lowly castes of the ritsuryō system

Historical term

five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)

Historical term

five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)

many torrents; many rapids

Rare term

five most important temples of a region

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)

Rare term; Astronomy

Auriga (constellation); the Charioteer

Rare term

Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)

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

Rare term

gall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae)

Rare term; Sometimes read ごんどうくじら

larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)

Rare term

trench fever

cloud during rainy season

Rare term

Chinese sumac (Brucea javanica)

Rare term

goto miso (miso from the Kamakura era)

flies swarming at the beginning of summer

Adjective

noisy; loud

Adjective

annoying; troublesome; tiresome; persistent; importunate

Adjective

fussy; finicky; picky; particular; nagging; fastidious; bossy

Interjection

shut up; be quiet

Numeric

fifty; 50

Numeric

fifteen; 15

Numeric

500; five hundred

Common noun

many

5th day of the month

five days

five o'clock