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九 kanji
nine
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 2
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
キュウク
Kun readings
ここのここのつ
Words with 九
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —九州人Kyūshū native; person from Kyūshū
- —さす九as expected of Kyūshū (esp. in terms of male chauvinism, etc.)
- —九電工Kyudenko Corporation
- —九工大Kyushu Institute of Technology (abbr); KIT
- —九死一生narrow escape from the jaw of death
- —九重の天highest heavens
- —九天直下falling headlong; plummeting; sudden crash
- —三拝九拝kowtowing; bowing repeatedly; three kneelings and nine prostrations; my deepest respects
- —九州場所Kyushu Tournament (held in Fukuoka in November)
- —九州地方Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)
- —九尾の狐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
- —九浅一深nine shallow, one deep (ancient Chinese sexual technique)
- —九州男児strapping Kyushu lad; virile son of Kyushu
- —九回の腸having one's guts twisted in anguish; deep grief; heartbroken thoughts
- —九星気学Onmyōdō astrology
- —九星占いOnmyōdō astrology
- —九州料理Kyūshū cuisine
- —九州大学Kyushu University
- —九州電力Kyushu Electric Power
- —九牛の一毛small fraction (of); drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean