September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
multiplication table; times table
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
nine parts; nine percent; almost
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
ten to one; nine cases out of ten
nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land; Amitabha's Pure Land; nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
Kutani ware; style of Japanese porcelain
(tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep
nine out of ten; nearly; almost
nine-to-five (working hours); nine to five
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; (lit.) medicine ten times
three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups; sake (secret language of court ladies); rice wine
mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)
nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
Amitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)
ninth day of the cold season (approx January 13th)
Veronicastrum sibiricum (species of flowering plant)