Meanings

shichi-go-san

night of the full moon

killing by inches

the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))

five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black)

sumac gallnut

pentagon

early-summer rain

the five continents

five-storied pagoda

the five Confucian filial-piety relationships

Olympic Games

in groups of twos and threes

in groups of twos and threes

fifth

vocal quintet

instrumental quintet

the Japanese syllabary table

fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

the five colours: green, yellow, red, white and black