五陰

ごおん

the five skandhas

陰陽五行

いんようごぎょう おんようごぎょう

the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology

陰陰

いんいん

forlorn, dark and desolate

陰

かげ ほと いん

yin (i.e. the negative)

苦

く

duhkha (suffering)

五七五

ごしちご

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

陰陰滅滅

いんいんめつめつ

gloomy

五

ウー ご いつ い

five

四苦八苦

しくはっく

the four and eight kinds of suffering

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

女陰

じょいん にょいん

female genitals, vulva

春陰

しゅんいん

cloudy spring weather

陰刻

いんこく

hollow relief (carving)

陰に

いんに

invisibly, secretly, privately

陰部

いんぶ

the genital area

陰金

いんきん

ringworm (of the groin), jock itch, tinea cruris

葉陰

はかげ

under the leaves (of a tree), in the shadow of the leaves