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noun
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a drop in the bucket (ocean), a small fraction (of), trifle(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
九牛一毛【きゅうぎゅうのいちもう】
noun
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ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south)
See also:九星
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
1.
900, nine hundred
noun
2.
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)
expression
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there is a huge markup in medicines, making it a profitable field, medicines sell for ten times the cost of their ingredients, medicine ten times(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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three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
三三九度【さんさんくど】
noun
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thirteen orphans, winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile(mahjong term)
See also:国士無双
Other readings:
十三么九【シーサンヤオチュー】
adverbial noun, noun
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in 8 or 9 cases out of ten, in all probability(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
十中八九【じゅうちゅうはっく】
、十中八九【じゅっちゅうはっく】
noun
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winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles(mahjong term)
Other readings:
純全帯ヤオ九【ジュンチャンタイヤオチュウ】
、純全帯么九【ジュンチャンタイヤオチュウ】
noun
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strontium 90 (Sr-90)
Other readings:
ストロンチウム九〇【ストロンチウムきゅうじゅう】
noun
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all simples, winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles(mahjong term)
Other readings:
断公九【タンヤオチュー】
、断幺九【タンヤオチュー】
、断么九【タンヤオチュー】
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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Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month), Double Ninth Festival
See also:重陽 (ちょうよう)
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
no-adjective, noun
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winding, meandering, sinuous, zigzag(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
つづら折り【つづらおり】
、九十九折り【つづらおり】
、つづら折【つづらおり】
、葛折り【つづらおり】
、葛折【つづらおり】
expression
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mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)
Other readings:
西向く侍【にしむくさむらい】
、西向く士【にしむくさむらい】
、西向くさむらい【にしむくさむらい】
adverb
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noun
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winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set(mahjong term)
Other readings:
混全帯ヤオ九【ホンチャンタイヤオチュウ】
、混全帯么九【ホンチャンタイヤオチュウ】