五（ご）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: 5 (five)
Etymology
Loanword from Chinese “wǔ”.
Example sentences
- あと五分だけ待ってください。 — Please wait just five more minutes.
- 五月はとても天気がいい。 — The weather is really nice in May.
Idioms & proverbs containing “五”
- 人生僅か五十年 (じんせいわずかごじゅうねん) — life is short; life is just fifty years
- 人の噂も七十五日 (ひとのうわさもしちじゅうごにち) — a wonder lasts but nine days; gossip lasts just 75 days
- 一寸の虫にも五分の魂 (いっすんのむしにもごぶのたましい) — tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them
- 一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻 (いっとうにひさんしょうしぎごさい) — (the most thrilling relationships for a man are) another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife
- 明日の百より今日の五十 (あすのひゃくよりきょうのごじゅう) — a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; fifty today is better than a hundred tomorrow
- 九寸五分 (くすんごぶ) — dagger
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