five person; five people

(grammar) Short for 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō): upper monograde conjugation

(grammar) an abbreviation for 上二段活用; upper dual grade conjugation

(grammar) Short for 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō): lower bigrade conjugation

(grammar) The Classical Japanese bigrade verb conjugation class, consisting of the two subclasses of 上(かみ)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper-bigrade conjugation”) and 下(しも)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower-bigrade conjugation”)

(Classical Japanese grammar) a verbal conjugation class consisting of four alternating bases: -a, -i, -u, and -e

(linguistics, uncommon) trigrade conjugation / (informal) 3-step process

two hundred and five (205) / Arabic numerals: 205 / Roman numerals: CCV

The Japanese festival for children; a traditional rite of passage and festival day in Japan for three- and seven-year-old girls and three- and five-year-old boys, held annually on November 15. As Shichigosan is not a national holiday, it is generally observed on the nearest weekend. Similar to こどもの日 (Kodomo no Hi, literally “Children's Day”)

a male given name