Writing 5-dimensional dynamical system as Hamiltonian system

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I've got a 5-dimensional continuous dynamical system, i.e.,

$$ \dot{x}(t)=f(x,y,z,u,w)\\ \dot{y}(t)=g(x,y,z,u,w)\\ \dot{z}(t)=h(x,y,z,u,w)\\ \dot{u}(t)=q(x,y,z,u,w)\\ \dot{w}(t)=p(x,y,z,u,w) $$

Is there a systematic way of writing this system as a Hamiltonian system, without necessarily finding a conserved quantity dependent on all variables? That method has proved itself to be quite difficult.

Thanks in advance.