five

1. expression · noun six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference

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1. noun the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing
2. five practices of the Bodhisattvas

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1. noun dagger

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1. expression · noun one fifth part

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1. noun the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics

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1. noun seasonable rains and winds; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace

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

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1. noun huge harvest (of the five grains); bumper crop; abundant crop

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1. noun off and on manner; intermittent style; dragging on and on

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1. noun pain caused by the five skandhas

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1. adverb in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly

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1. noun five races under one union (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans; founding principle of the Republic of China)
2. harmony of the five races (Manchurians, Han, Mongolians, Koreans, Japanese; official policy of Manchukuo)

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1. expression · Godan verb with ru ending to be among the top five; to be one of the five best

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1. noun godan (verb, verb conjugation)
2. fifth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

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1. noun fifth month of the lunar calendar
2. satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)

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1. noun · no-adjective fifth

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1. noun five (long cylindrical things)

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1. noun pentatonic scale

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1. noun the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void)
2. five great wisdom kings

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1. noun fifth (interval)

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