八大明王

はちだいみょうおう

who is in charge of protecting happo, and is a transformation of the eight great bodhisattvas

五明

ごみょう

the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy)

明王

みょうおう

Wisdom King

大元帥明王

たいげんみょうおう だいげんすいみょうおう

atavaka (guardian deity)

大威徳明王

だいいとくみょうおう

conqueror of death

五大

ごだい

five great wisdom kings

大王

だいおう

great king

発明王

はつめいおう

master inventor, king of inventors (e.g. Edison)

明大

めいだい

(abbr) Meiji University

五大国

ごだいこく ごたいこく

the Five Powers

五大湖

ごだいこ

the Great Lakes

五大洋

ごたいよう ごだいよう

the five oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic)

五大陸

the five continents; Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia; Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America

五大老

ごたいろう

Council of Five Elders (committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age)

五大州

ごだいしゅう

the Five Continents

五明後日

ごあさって ごみょうごにち

four days from now (five days in some places)

大王松

だいおうしょう だいおうまつ ダイオウショウ ダイオウマツ

longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)

不動明王

ふどうみょうおう

one of the three hindu deities, worshiped in buddhism

孔雀明王

くじゃくみょうおう

mahamayuri (deity usu. depicted riding a peacock)