五分五分

ごぶごぶ

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

五分

ごふん ごぶん ごぶ

half, 50%, tie, evenness

五分咲き

ごぶざき ごふんさき

half-florescent

五分刈り

ごぶがり

close haircut

九寸五分

くすんごぶ

dagger

四分五裂

しぶんごれつ しぶごれつ

torn asunder, disrupted and disorganized

五分の一

ごぶんのいち

one fifth part

分析試験

ぶんせきしけん

assaying

試験分娩

しけんぶんべん

trial of labor

試し

ためし

trial, test

分散試験法

ぶんさんしけんほう

distributed test method

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

肝試し

きもだめし

test of courage, dare

運試し

うんだめし うん だめし

try or test one's luck

腕試し

うでだめし

trying one's ability

試し算

ためしざん ためしさん

checking