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Godai / Five Elements

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 wǔ dà
 godai
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五大 is the Japanese title for the five elements.

In Japan, the five elements differ slightly from the original Chinese. Therefore, in Japanese philosophy, you have earth, water, fire, wind, and void (space).

The meaning of the first character is 5, but the second character means great or large. Some translate this as the five majors. 大 is only understood as “elements” when you have 五 in front of it.

In Buddhism, this can be short for 五大明王, or the five great and wise kings.


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 Pronunciation
Romanization		 Simple Dictionary Definition

五大

see styles		 wǔ dà
    wu3 da4
wu ta
 godai
    ごだい

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Godai / Five Elements
(1) {Buddh} (See 五行・ごぎょう・1) the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 五大明王) five great wisdom kings; (surname) Godai
The five elements— earth, water, fire, wind, and space. v. also 五行 the five agents. In the esoteric cult the five are the physical manifestation, or garbhadhātu, v. 胎; as being in all phenomena they are called 五輪 the five evolvers; their phonetic embryos 種子 are those of the Five Dhyani-Buddhas of the five directions, v. 五佛.

五代

see styles		 wǔ dài
    wu3 dai4
wu tai
 godai
    ごだい

五代
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Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
(hist) (See 五代十国・ごだいじっこく,後梁・こうりょう,後唐・こうとう,後晋・こうしん,後漢・ごかん・2,後周・こうしゅう) Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979); (p,s,f) Godai

五内

see styles		  gonai; godai
    ごない; ごだい

五内
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(archaism) (See 五臓) the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)

五台

see styles		  godai
    ごだい

五台
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(place-name) Godai

伍代

see styles		  godai
    ごだい

伍代
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(surname) Godai

合代

see styles		  goudai / godai
    ごうだい

合代
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(surname) Goudai

吾代

see styles		  godai
    ごだい

吾代
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(personal name) Godai

吾大

see styles		  godai
    ごだい

吾大
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(given name) Godai

後台

后台

see styles		 hòu tái
    hou4 tai2
hou t`ai
    hou tai
 godai
    ごだい

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backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background
(place-name) Godai

郷台

see styles		  goudai / godai
    ごうだい

郷台
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(place-name) Goudai

醐代

see styles		  godai
    ごだい

醐代
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(surname) Godai

五代力

see styles		  godaitsutomu
    ごだいつとむ

五代力
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(person) Godai Tsutomu

五大形

see styles		 wǔ dà xíng
    wu3 da4 xing2
wu ta hsing
 godai gyō

五大形
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The symbols of the five elements— earth as square, water round, fire triangular, wind half-moon, and space a combination of the other four.

五大觀

五大观

see styles		 wǔ dà guān
    wu3 da4 guan1
wu ta kuan
 godai kan

五大觀
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The meditation on the five elements 五大.

五臺山

五台山

see styles		 wǔ tái shān
    wu3 tai2 shan1
wu t`ai shan
    wu tai shan
 Godai Zan

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Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1], one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊[Wen2 shu1]
Pañcaśirsha, Pancaśikha. Wutai Shan, near the northeastern border of Shanxi, one of the four mountains sacred to Buddhism in China. The principal temple was built A. D. 471-500. There are about 150 monasteries, of which 24 are lamaseries. The chief director is known as Changjia Fo (the ever-renewing Buddha). Mañjuśrī is its patron saint. It is also styled 淸涼山.

後台駅

see styles		  godaieki
    ごだいえき

後台駅
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(st) Godai Station

五代ゆう

see styles		  godaiyuu / godaiyu
    ごだいゆう

五代ゆう
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(person) Godai Yū

五代友厚

see styles		  godaitomoatsu
    ごだいともあつ

五代友厚
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(person) Godai Tomoatsu

五代高之

see styles		  godaitakayuki
    ごだいたかゆき

五代高之
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(person) Godai Takayuki (1956.7.1-)

五大路子

see styles		  godaimichiko
    ごだいみちこ

五大路子
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(person) Godai Michiko (1952.9-)

伍代参平

see styles		  godaisanpei / godaisanpe
    ごだいさんぺい

伍代参平
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(person) Godai Sanpei (1958.8.29-)

伍代夏子

see styles		  godainatsuko
    ごだいなつこ

伍代夏子
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(person) Godai Natsuko (1961.12-)

五代利矢子

see styles		  godairiyako
    ごだいりやこ

五代利矢子
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(person) Godai Riyako (1933.11-)

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Godai
Five Elements		五大godaiwǔ dà / wu3 da4 / wu da / wudawu ta / wuta


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