きゅうしゅう – Vocabulary details

きゅうしゅう

Meanings

Noun

1. Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

九きゅう州しゅうに連つれて帰かえって、ずっと二ふた人りで、二ふた人りだけで暮くらしてきた。I took them back to Kyushu, and we've lived there together ever since, just the two of us, only us two.

Alt. forms

九きゅう州しゅう

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きゅうしゅう

Pitch accent

きゅ

うしゅう

Composed of

きゅう

nine; 9

しゅう

state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture

Used in vocabulary (29 in total)

きたきゅうしゅう

Kitakyushu (city)

きゅうしゅうちほう

Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)

きゅうしゅうだんじ

man born and raised in Kyushu; Kyushu man

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Examples (14 in total)

彼かれはきゅうしゅうへ旅たび立だった。

He has set off for Kyushu.

君きみはきゅうしゅうへ行いったことがありますか。

Have you ever been to Kyushu?

台たい風ふうがきゅうしゅうに接せっ近きんしていると発はっ表ぴょうされた。

It was announced that a typhoon was approaching Kyushu.