五色鳥

ごしきどり ゴシキドリ

barbet (any bird of family Capitonidae)

五色鶸

ごしきひわ ゴシキヒワ

European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

五色の賤

ごしきのせん

five lowly castes of the ritsuryo system

五色揚げ

ごしきあげ

mixed fried vegetables

五色野路子

ごしきのじこ ゴシキノジコ

painted bunting (Passerina ciris)

五色青海鸚哥

ごしきぜいがいいんこ ごしきせいがいいんこ

rainbow lory, rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)

五七五

ごしちご

five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)

五

ウー ご いつ い

five

五分五分

ごぶごぶ

as likely as not, 50-50, even match, tie

三三五五

さんさんごご

in groups of twos and threes, in small groups

五公五民

ごこうごみん

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

五男

ごなん いつお

fifth son

五日

いつか

the fifth day of the month

五つ

いつつ

five

五逆

five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)

五山

ごさん ござん

five most important temples of a region

五本

ごほん

five (long cylindrical things)

五味

ごみ

five flavors (milk at various stages of making ghee: fresh milk, cream, curdled milk, butter, and ghee), the five periods of the Buddha's teachings

五障

five hindrances (that prevent a woman from becoming a Buddha, a Brahmā, a Shakra, a devil king, or a wheel-turning king); five obstructions to women's attainment