五色の賤

ごしきのせん

five lowly castes of the ritsuryo system

賤

しず せん

lowly person, lowliness

賤民

せんみん

lowly people (esp. as a caste), humble people

貴賤

きせん

high and low, all ranks

賤称

せんしょう

depreciatory name

賤女

せんじょ

lowly woman

微賤

びせん

low rank, humble station, obscurity

賤鳥

しずとり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

賤吏

せんり

low-ranking official

五七五

ごしちご

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

五

ウー ご いつ い

five

賤の女

しずのめ

woman of lowly birth

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

貴賤上下

きせんしょうか きせんじょうげ

high and low, (people of) all ranks and classes

貧富貴賤

ひんぷきせん

rich and poor, high and low, people of all ranks

貴賤結婚

きせんけっこん

morganatic marriage (marriage of a noble and a commoner that disallows the passage of title, possessions, etc.)

貴賤貧富

きせんひんぷ

high and low, and rich and poor