Words

Words with 九

Kanji 九, meaning nine, appears in 145 Japanese vocabulary entries.

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九段線

きゅうだんせん

nine-dash line (demarcation line of China's territorial claims in the South China sea)

九地

きゅうち

very low land

九柱戯

きゅうちゅうぎ

nine pins

九腸

きゅうちょう

(whole) intestines

九天

きゅうてん

sky

九天直下

きゅうてんちょっか

falling headlong

九電工

きゅうでんこう

Kyudenko Corporation

九拝

きゅうはい

bowing many times (in apology)

九博

きゅうはく

Kyushu National Museum (abbr)

九尾の狐

きゅうびのきつね

nine-tailed fox

九品

くほん

Amitabha's Pure Land

九品浄土

くほんじょうど

Amitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)

九品蓮台

くほんれんだい

nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land

九分どおり

くぶどおり

(about) ninety percent (finished, complete, etc.)

九分九厘

くぶくりん

near-completeness

九面体

きゅうめんたい

enneahedron

九輪

くりん

kurin

九輪草

くりんそう

Japanese primrose (Primula japonica)

九蓮宝塔

チューレンパオトウ

nine gates

九六

くんろく

ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank

九仞

きゅうじん

great height

九仞の功を一簣に虧く

きゅうじんのこうをいっきにかく

to fail one step short of great success

九竅

きゅうきょう

the nine holes in the body of humans and other mammals (mouth, eyes, ears, etc.)

黒い九月

くろいくがつ

Black September (Palestinian extremist group responsible for the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics)

混全帯ヤオ九

ホンチャンタイヤオチュウ

winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set

三々九度

さんさんくど

three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups

三拝九拝

さんぱいきゅうはい

kowtowing

十三ヤオ九

シーサンヤオチュー

thirteen orphans

十中八九

じっちゅうはっく

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten

重九

ちょうきゅう

Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month)

純全帯ヤオ九

ジュンチャンタイヤオチュウ

winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles

西九州大学

にしきゅうしゅうだいがく

Nishikyūshuu University

第九

だいく

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

断ヤオ九

タンヤオチュー

all simples

南九州大学

みなみきゅうしゅうだいがく

Minami Kyushu University

二九

にく

eighteen

二四六九士

にしむくさむらい

nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)

牌九

パイガオ

pai gow (Chinese gambling game played with dominoes)

八九三

やくざ

yakuza

八九分

はっくぶ

nearly

北九州市立大学

きたきゅうしゅうしりつだいがく

The University of Kitakyushu

北九州市立美術館

きたきゅうしゅうしりつびじゅつかん

Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art

北九州大学

きたきゅうしゅうだいがく

Kitakyushu University

面壁九年

めんぺきくねん

facing a wall for nine years in meditation (by Bodhidharma at Shaolin Temple)

薬九層倍

くすりくそうばい

there is a huge markup in medicines, making it a profitable field