きゅう
Meanings
Numeric
1. nine; 9
玖 is used in legal documents
Pitch accent
きゅ
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Used in vocabulary (29 in total)
very low land
19; nineteen
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
nine-tailed fox; old, golden-furred fox with nine tails and shapeshifting powers used to fool humans; orig. a Chinese mystical beast whose appearance was considered auspicious
nine times; twisting around many times
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。② 日本全土。
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
narrow escape from death
① 中国の土着宗教の一つで、一白、二黒、三碧、四緑、五黄、六白、七赤、八白、九紫の九つの総称。② 1.と五行、八卦、干支を人の生年月日、方位に割り当て運勢や方位の吉凶を占うこと。③ 九曜。
sky; heavens; palace
the nine nearest generations of relatives
bowing many times (in apology)
narrowly averting death
nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government); nobility
novennial; recurring every nine years
small fraction (of); drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean
nine lives (of a cat)
nine lives (of a cat)
multicolorfin rainbowfish (Parajulis poecilepterus, was Halichoeres poecilopterus)
great height
September 11 attacks; 9/11
September 11 attacks; 9/11
nonagon; enneagon; nine-sided polygon
enneahedron; nonahedron
nine-dash line (demarcation line of China's territorial claims in the South China sea); nine-dotted line
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth
Examples (3 in total)
The 1990's saw various incidents.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.