Word Meaning 九生

きゅうしょう kyuushou

九生 is read as きゅうしょう (kyuushou) and means nine lives (of a cat).

Meaning

English

  1. nine lives (of a cat)

Reading

Kana

きゅうしょう

Romaji

kyuushou

Writing Variants

  • 九生 きゅうせい kyuusei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 7 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 98817 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

九死一生

きゅうしいっしょう

narrow escape from the jaw of death

九死に一生

きゅうしにいっしょう

narrow escape from death

九死に一生を得る

きゅうしにいっしょうをえる

to have a narrow escape from death

きゅう

nine

九十

きゅうじゅう

ninety

九日

ここのか

9th day of the month

九つ

ここのつ

nine

九月

くがつ

September

九九

くく

multiplication table

九一

くっぴん

scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu

九大

きゅうだい

(abbr) Kyushu University

ちゅー

nine

Example Sentences

2

A cat has nine lives.

According to folktales, cats have nine lives.