九州 – Vocabulary details

九きゅう州しゅう

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.

Kanji used

九

nine

州

state

Pitch accent

きゅ

うしゅう

Used in: 780

Composed of

九きゅう

nine; 9

州しゅう

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)

北きた九きゅう州しゅう

Kitakyushu (city)

九きゅう州しゅう地ち方ほう

Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)

九きゅう州しゅう男だん児じ

man born and raised in Kyushu; Kyushu man

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Examples (14 in total)

彼かれは九きゅう州しゅうへ旅たび立だった。

He has set off for Kyushu.

君きみは九きゅう州しゅうへ行いったことがありますか。

Have you ever been to Kyushu?

台たい風ふうが九きゅう州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.