Word Meaning 九州

きゅうしゅう kyuushuu

九州 is read as きゅうしゅう (kyuushuu) and means Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan).

Meaning

English

  1. Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

Reading

Kana

きゅうしゅう

Romaji

kyuushuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 9741 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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九州女子大学

きゅうしゅうじょしだいがく

Kyūshuu Women's University

九州大学

きゅうしゅうだいがく

Kyūshuu University

九州地方

きゅうしゅうちほう

Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)

九州人

きゅうしゅうじん

Kyūshū native

九州共立大学

きゅうしゅうきょうりつだいがく

Kyushu Kyoritsu University

九州工業大学

きゅうしゅうこうぎょうだいがく

Kyushu Institute of Technology

九州産業大学

きゅうしゅうさんぎょうだいがく

Kyushu Industrial University

九州ルーテル学院大学

きゅうしゅうるーてるがくいんだいがく

Kyushu Lutheran College

九州国際大学

きゅうしゅうこくさいだいがく

Kyūshuu International University

九州場所

きゅうしゅうばしょ

Kyushu Tournament (held in Fukuoka in November)

九州へ下る

きゅうしゅうへくだる

to go down to Kyushu

九州電力

きゅうしゅうでんりょく

Kyushu Electric Power

Example Sentences

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かれはきゅうしゅうのしゅっしんです。

He is from Kyushu.

He has set off for Kyushu.

I'm from Fukuoka in Kyushu.

I'm going to make a tour of Kyushu this summer.

Hokkaido is very cold compared with Kyushu.

I hear he traveled by bicycle from Hokkaido to Kyushu.

"What was the name of that space theme park in Kyushu?" "Oh, you mean Space World." "Yeah, what happened to it?" "It went out of business a few years ago."