kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
nine parts; nine percent; almost
nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land; Amitabha's Pure Land; nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
forty-ninth day after a person's death
Kutani ware; style of Japanese porcelain
ten to one; nine cases out of ten
(tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep
multiplication table; times table
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)
three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups
facing a wall for nine years in meditation (by Bodhidharma at Shaolin Temple)
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
ninth day of the cold season (approx January 13th)