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五味
【ごみ】

[n]
▶ five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter)
▶ five palates
▶ five tastes

[n] {Buddhism}
▶ five flavors (milk at various stages of making ghee: fresh milk, cream, curdled milk, butter, and ghee)
▶ [fig] the five periods of the Buddha's teachings

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 2573370 五時教 1. division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five periods (theory of the Tendai sect)
	⇐ see: 1734810 醍醐【だいご】 1. ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); the ultimate truth of Buddhism; nirvana
	⇐ see: 2844079 酪【らく】 1. acidic drink made from fermented milk (cow, sheep, mare; one of the five flavors in Buddhism)

History:

2.	A 2010-08-27 01:57:21 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	GG5, 新和英中辞典
	Diff:	@@ -13,0 +13,2 @@ +<gloss>five palates</gloss> +<gloss>five tastes</gloss>
1.	A* 2010-08-27 00:54:56 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	koj, daijr, daijs, ddofbud

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