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五
Proverb
(the most thrilling relationships for a man are) another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife
Grammar
the five basic sentence structures of English (SV, SVC, SVO, SVOO, SVOC)
Proverb
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; fifty today is better than a hundred tomorrow
Historical term
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
Historical term
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War; fifteen years' war
Historical term; Computing
Fifth Generation Computer System; FGCS
Historical term
three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol)