伍
伍: five (formal)
five (formal); squad
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Readings
On
ゴ
Kunいつつ
Used as the formal numeral 'five' in contracts (壱弐参伍), and in 落伍 (to fall behind).
Key words
伍長ごちょうcorporal
落伍らくごfalling behind; dropping out
落伍者らくごしゃdropout
隊伍たいごranks (of troops)
伍ごfive (formal)
Example sentences
マラソンの途中で、彼は落伍してしまった。
He dropped out partway through the marathon.
昔の軍隊で、祖父は伍長だったそうだ。
I hear my grandfather was a corporal in the old army.
契約書には、金額が金伍万円と書かれていた。
The contract wrote the amount as 50,000 yen in formal numerals.