Word Meaning 九時半の玉突き

くじはんのたまつき kujihan no tamatsuki

九時半の玉突き is read as くじはんのたまつき (kujihan no tamatsuki) and means Billiards at Half-Past Nine (1959 novel by Heinrich Böll).

Meaning

English

  1. Billiards at Half-Past Nine (1959 novel by Heinrich Böll)
  2. Billard um halb zehn

Reading

Kana

くじはんのたまつき

Romaji

kujihan no tamatsuki

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 95100 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

玉突き

たまつき

serial collisions (of cars)

九つ時

ここのつどき

(approx.) twelve o'clock (am or pm, old time system)

北玉時代

きたたまじだい

era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi

半玉

はんぎょく

geisha apprentice

半玉

はんたま

half portion of noodles or fried rice

玉突き台

たまつきだい

billiard table

時半

じはん

half past (the hour)

九州

きゅうしゅう

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

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