九きゅう
Meanings
Numeric
1. nine; 9
玖 is used in legal documents
Kanji used
nine
Pitch accent
きゅ
う
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Used in vocabulary (42 in total)
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
29th day of the month; 29 days
nine times; twisting around many times
nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope
narrowly averting death
sky; heavens; palace
nine nearest generations of relatives; four generations back, oneself, and four generations to come
kusōzu; painting depicting the nine stages of decomposition of a corpse
bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; yours respectfully; respectfully yours
small fraction (of); drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean
nine lives (of a cat)
nine lives (of a cat)
novennial; recurring every nine years
kusōzu; painting depicting the nine stages of decomposition of a corpse
very low land
novennial; recurring every nine years
novennial; recurring every nine years
novennial; recurring every nine years
(whole) intestines; guts
kusōzu; painting depicting the nine stages of decomposition of a corpse
novennial; recurring every nine years
novennial; recurring every nine years
Kyushu University (abbr)
Kyushu Institute of Technology (abbr); KIT
enneahedron; nonahedron
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
Kyudenko Corporation
as expected of Kyūshū (esp. in terms of male chauvinism, etc.)
Kyushu National Museum (abbr)
multicolorfin rainbowfish (Parajulis poecilepterus)
Examples (3 in total)
The 1990's saw various incidents.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.