きゅうしゅう
Meanings
Noun
1. 中国全土、天下。夏は禹の時代に冀、兗、青、徐、揚、荊、予、梁、雍の九州に分けたという故事より。
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2. 日本全土。
雅語・古語 語義1より
Kanji used
nine
state
Pitch accent
きゅ
うしゅう
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Composed of
nine; 9
① 「洲」の代替字。字源は同一である。② 行政単位の呼称。
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)
strapping Kyushu lad; virile son of Kyushu
Examples (11 in total)
He has set off for Kyushu.
Have you ever been to Kyushu?
It was announced that a typhoon was approaching Kyushu.
I have never been to Kyushu.
He lives in a small village in Kyushu.
Hokkaido is very cold compared with Kyushu.
I took an airplane from Tokyo to Kyushu.
I'm going to make a tour of Kyushu this summer.
Judging from his accent, he must be from Kyushu.
The main islands of Japan are Hokkaido, Shikoku, Honshu and Kyushu.
I heard that that boy traveled from Hokkaido to Kyushu by bicycle.