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

五分五分

ごぶごぶ

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

情

じょう

feelings, emotion, sentiment

有情無情

うじょうむじょう

sentient and nonsentient beings

五七

ごしち

five and seven

五線

ごせん

staff

五代

ごだい

Five Dynasties (of Chinese history)

五辛

ごしん

five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)

五陰

ごおん

the five skandhas

五色

ごしき ごしょく

five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black), five colours

五音

ごいん ごおん

pentatonic scale

五節

ごせつ ごせち

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

五段

ごだん

Japanese verb group

五桁

ごけた

five-digit number, "ten thousands" column

五賤

ごせん

five lowly castes of the ritsuryo system

五舎

ごしゃ

five residences for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace)