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五 : Five

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five

On 'yomi:
(go)
Kun 'yomi:
いつ(itsu) いつ.つ(itsu.tsu)
Nanori:
(i)(sa) さつ(satsu)(chi)(fu)(mi)(me)
Strokes:4
Radical: (7)
Usage Rating:31
JLPT:N5
old JLPT:4
Grade:1
Unicode:04e94
jis208:24-62
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五 Usage examples

分咲き(ごぶざき)half-florescent
輪のマーク(ごりんのマーク)five-ring Olympic emblem
(ねんごにち)25 days
月祭(ごがつさい)May Day, May Festival
位鷺(ゴイサギ)black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), night heron
(ごじょ)fifth daughter
(ごなん)fifth son
明後日(ごあさって)four days from now (five days in some places)
(しゅういつか)five days a week
四当(よんとうごらく)sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)
(ごほん)five (long cylindrical things)
形拳(ごけいけん)Wu Xing Fist, Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)
車星(ごしゃせい)Auriga (constellation), the Charioteer
分の一(ごぶんのいち)one fifth part
上位(じょういごばん)last five matches of makushita division wrestlers
面体(ごめんたい)pentahedron
四書(ししょごきょう)the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism, the Nine Chinese Classics
風十雨(ごふうじゅうう)seasonable rains and winds, halcyon weather, halcyon times of peace
(ごぶん)to divide into five parts
(ごふん)five minutes
陰陽(おんようごぎょう)the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology
穀豊穣(ごこくほうじょう)
穀豊饒(ごこくほうじょう)
huge harvest (of the five grains), bumper crop, abundant crop
言絶句(ごごんぜっく)poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
言律詩(ごごんりっし)poem of eight lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
十知命(ごじゅうちめい)At age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven. (Confucius)
体満足(ごたいまんぞく)with no physical defects, in perfectly good health, sound in wind and limb
月雨式(さみだれしき)off and on manner, intermittent style, dragging on and on
四のの言う(しのごのいう)to grumble about something (trivial)
芒星(ごぼうせい)
紡星(ごぼうせい)
pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
(ごおん)pentatonic scale
葉松(ごようまつ)Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai)
(ごよう)Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai), goyoumatsu
(ござん)five most important temples of a region
京都(きょうとござん)Kyoto Gozan, the five most important Rinzai temples of Kyoto, as well as Nanzen-ji
むつ(ムツゴロウ)
(ムツゴロウ)
mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris), goggle-eyed goby
本指(ごほんゆび)top 5 (counting with fingers)
本指靴下(ごほんゆびくつした)five-toed socks
本指ソックス(ごほんゆびソックス)five-toed socks
十日(ごとおび)days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)
段活用(ごだんかつよう)conjugation (inflection, declension) of godan verbs
(よしごい)yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
(ごや)the fifth of these periods (approx. 3 am to 5 am)