三厭五葷

さんえんごくん

meat and the five pungent roots (avoided in Buddhist cuisine)

葷

strong-smelling vegetable (esp. garlic, onion, Chinese chives, Chinese scallion, Japanese garlic)

葷酒

くんしゅ

garlic and wine

葷羶

くんせん

pungent vegetables and raw-smelling meat

葷辛

くんしん

pungent vegetable (e.g. garlic, onion, etc)

葷菜

くんさい

pungent vegetable (e.g. onion, garlic, leek)

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)

五七

ごしち

five and seven

五音

ごいん ごおん

pentatonic scale

五段

ごだん

Japanese verb group

五更

ごこう

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

五色

ごしき ごしょく

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