Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
nine-tailed fox; old, golden-furred fox with nine tails and shapeshifting powers used to fool humans; orig. a Chinese mystical beast whose appearance was considered auspicious
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
nine times; twisting around many times
to have a narrow escape from death
common hill mynah (Gracula religiosa); hill myna; myna bird
Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)
nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope
119; ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number
strapping Kyushu lad; virile son of Kyushu
the nine nearest generations of relatives
narrow escape from the jaw of death
kowtowing; bowing repeatedly; (lit.) three kneelings and nine prostrations
bowing many times (in apology)
nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government); nobility
ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south)
small fraction (of); drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean
novennial; recurring every nine years
to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle
Kyushu Tournament (held in Fukuoka in November)
Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month); Double Ninth Festival
nonagon; enneagon; nine-sided polygon
September 11 attacks; 9/11
nine shallow, one deep (ancient Chinese sexual technique)
Japanese war tuba; pre-radar acoustic locator used by the Imperial Japanese Army
falling headlong; plummeting; sudden crash
having one's guts twisted in anguish; deep grief; heartbroken thoughts
nine-dash line (demarcation line of China's territorial claims in the South China sea); nine-dotted line
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth
the nine holes in the body of humans and other mammals (mouth, eyes, ears, etc.); nine orifices
multicolorfin rainbowfish (Parajulis poecilepterus, was Halichoeres poecilopterus)