Increasing or Decreasing Current Health Care Cost Trend (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
May 31, 2016	May 31, 2015
Postretirement Benefits, U.S. Plans
Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates, Effect of One Percentage Point Change [Line Items]
1% Increase in trend rate, accumulated benefit obligation	$ 313	$ 334
1% Increase in trend rate, postretirement cost	11	10
1% Decrease in trend rate, accumulated benefit obligation	(272)	(290)
1% Decrease in trend rate, postretirement cost	(9)	(8)
Postretirement Benefits, Non-U.S. Plans
Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates, Effect of One Percentage Point Change [Line Items]
1% Increase in trend rate, accumulated benefit obligation	5,552	6,430
1% Increase in trend rate, postretirement cost	504	675
1% Decrease in trend rate, accumulated benefit obligation	(4,289)	(3,295)
1% Decrease in trend rate, postretirement cost	$ (383)	$ (499)

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Amount of effect of a one-percentage-point decrease in the assumed health care cost trend rates on the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation for health care benefits.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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Amount of effect of a one-percentage-point decrease in the assumed health care cost trend rates on the aggregate of the service and interest cost components of net periodic postretirement health care benefit costs.

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The effect of a one-percentage-point increase in the assumed health care cost trend rates on the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation for health care benefits.

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