September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
multiplication table; times table
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
Navagraha (divine personifications of the nine celestial bodies in Hindu mythology); nine luminaries; (in Onmyōdō) divination of a person's fate based on the nine celestial bodies's positions at birth
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
19th day of the month; 19 days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
29th day of the month; 29 days
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
nine parts; ninety percent; mostly; nine percent
nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)
forty-ninth day after a person's death
almost certainly; in all probability; ten to one; near-completeness; near-perfection; ninety-nine percent (finished, etc.)
nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land; Amitabha's Pure Land; nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups
kusōzu; painting depicting the nine stages of decomposition of a corpse
(about) ninety percent (finished, complete, etc.); nearly; almost; almost certainly; in all probability; ten to one
Kutani ware (style of Japanese porcelain)
(tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep
nine-to-five (working hours); nine to five
Kujō spring onion (variety common in the Kansai region)
kunenbo (Citrus reticulata); king mandarin
facing a wall for nine years in meditation (by Bodhidharma at Shaolin Temple)
longtooth grouper (Epinephelus bruneus)
Japanese primrose (Primula japonica)
nearly; almost; (lit.) eight or nine parts (out of ten)
there is a huge markup in medicines, making it a profitable field; medicines sell for ten times the cost of their ingredients
(in Onmyōdō) divination of a person's fate based on the nine celestial bodies's positions at birth; nine luminaries
three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups; sake (secret language of court ladies); rice wine
don't count your chickens before they're hatched; there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip; (lit.) consider a journey of 100 ri to be halfway completed at 90
nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)
Amitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)
ninth day of the cold season (approx January 13th)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
bowman's root (Veronicastrum sibiricum); Culver's root