五七五

ごしちご

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

五七調

ごしちちょう

five- and seven-syllable meter

五七日

ごしちにち

35th day after a person's death

五七桐

ごしちのきり

paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)

七五調

しちごちょう

seven-and-five-syllable meter

七五三

しちごさん

festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3

五畿七道

ごきしちどう

the five home provinces and seven districts of ancient Japan

七七日

しちしちにち なななぬか なななのか ななななにち

49th day after death

七

チー しち なな な

seven

人の噂も七十五日

ひとのうわさもしちじゅうごにち ひとのうわさもななじゅうごにち

wonder lasts but nine days, gossip lasts just 75 days

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

七半

ななはん

750cc motorcycle

七仏

しちぶつ

the seven previous incarnations of Buddha

七賢

しちけん ななけん

the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects)

七厘

しちりん ななりん

earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)

七道

しちどう

the seven districts of ancient Japan