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expression, Ichidan verb
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to have a narrow escape from death(idiom )
noun
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Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)
See also:南西諸島
noun
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Kyushu (November) tournament, held in Fukuoka(sumo term)
expression, Godan-ku verb
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to fail one step short of great success, to fall at the last hurdle(idiom )
noun
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multicolorfin rainbowfish (Parajulis poecilepterus, was Halichoeres poecilopterus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
きゅうせん《九仙》
、きゅうせん《気宇仙》
、キュウセン
expression
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nine shallow, one deep (ancient Chinese sexual technique)
expression
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many a little makes a mickle, every little helps, the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth(proverb, obscure)(from Tao Te Ching, also as 九層の台も累土より起こる)
See also:塵も積もれば山となる
noun
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nine-dash line (demarcation line of China's territorial claims in the South China sea), nine-dotted line
noun
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nine-tailed kitsune (fox spirit, kitsune are said to be more powerful the more tails they have)
See also:天狐
numeric
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900, nine hundred
noun
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fool, idiot(archaism, derogatory)(only relevant for 九百 and くひゃく)
Other readings:
９００【くひゃく】
、九百【きゅうひゃく】
、九百【くひゃく】
、９百【きゅうひゃく】
、９百【くひゃく】
、九〇〇【きゅうひゃく】
、九〇〇【くひゃく】
noun
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Japanese war tuba, pre-radar acoustic locator used by the Imperial Japanese Army
noun
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Veronicastrum sibiricum (species of flowering plant)(usually kana)
Other readings:
クガイソウ
noun
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(tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep(yojijukugo)
adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
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ten to one, nine cases out of ten(yojijukugo)
adverbial noun, noun
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nine out of ten, nearly, almost(obscure)
Other readings:
九分どおり【くぶどおり】
noun
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noun
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nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land(Buddhist term)
noun
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Japanese primrose (Primula japonica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
クリンソウ
noun
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ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank(sumo term)
noun
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nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ココノオビアルマジロ
noun
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noun
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nine gates, winning hand consisting of one pung of 1s, one pung of 9s and one tile each of every other number, plus one more suited tile, all in the same suit(mahjong term)
noun
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nine gates, winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit(mahjong term)
noun
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artifact spirit, in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit
Other readings:
つくも神【つくもがみ】
、九十九神【つくもがみ】
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading