五つ子

いつつご いつつこ

quintuplets

むつ五郎

むつごろう ムツゴロウ

mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris), goggle-eyed goby

五七五

ごしちご

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

五

ウー ご いつ い

five

三三五五

さんさんごご

in groups of twos and threes, in small groups

五分五分

ごぶごぶ

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

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

五七

ごしち

five and seven

五辛

ごしん

five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)

五線

ごせん

staff

五代

ごだい

Five Dynasties (of Chinese history)

五段

ごだん

Japanese verb group

五音

ごいん ごおん

pentatonic scale

五桁

ごけた

five-digit number, "ten thousands" column

五節

ごせつ ごせち

the five festivals (Jan 7th, March 3rd, May 5th, July 7th and Sep 9th)

五更

ごこう

the five night watches, fifth watch of the night (approx. 3 am to 5 am)

五爵

ごしゃく

five ranks of nobility (duke, marquis, count, viscount, baron)

五行

ごぎょう

five practices of the Bodhisattvas

五倍

ごばい

five times