Amounts Recognized in Consolidated Balance Sheets, Postretirement (Detail) - Postretirement Benefits - USD ($) $ in Thousands	May 31, 2018	May 31, 2017
U.S. Plans
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Current liabilities	$ (427)	$ (411)
Noncurrent liabilities	(4,941)	(5,481)
Net Amount Recognized	(5,368)	(5,892)
Non-U.S. Plans
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Current liabilities	(696)	(522)
Noncurrent liabilities	(32,585)	(27,346)
Net Amount Recognized	$ (33,281)	$ (27,868)

For classified balance sheets this represents the current liability recognized in the balance sheet that is associated with other postretirement defined benefit plans (excluding pension plans). (The current liability will be separate, but it will normally be small, if there is even any at all.) For unclassified balance sheets, this represents the entire liability recognized in the balance sheet that is associated with the plans.

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Amount of liability for retirement benefits, classified as other.

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Amount of liability, classified as noncurrent, for retirement benefits, classified as other.

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