五

five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut)

五果 only; Buddhism

five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships

五果 only; Buddhism

five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life

age fifty; one's fifties

Noun or verb acting prenominally

quinquennial; recurring every five years

half-florescent; half-bloomed

the Five Powers

stiff shoulders (usu. owing to age); frozen shoulder

five residences for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace)

Usu. adverbially as 五月雨式に

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

The Five Classics (of Confucianism)

Boys' May Festival dolls

ふし is a gikun reading of 五倍子

sumac gallnut

five-part gravestone representing earth, water, fire, wind and heaven

the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period

Buddhism

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

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

fifth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and central)

May Day; May Festival

Buddhism

the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxication)

Music

staff; stave

casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables

black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron

the five Confucian filial-piety relationships

Hanafuda

the five 20-point cards (high-scoring meld)

five-toed socks