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。
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
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
nine times; twisting around many times
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。
the nine nearest generations of relatives
bowing many times (in apology)
nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government); nobility
small fraction (of); drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean
novennial; recurring every nine years
novennial; recurring every nine years
novennial; recurring every nine years
September 11 attacks; 9/11
September 11 attacks; 9/11
nine-dash line (demarcation line of China's territorial claims in the South China sea); nine-dotted line
nonagon; enneagon; nine-sided polygon
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth
multicolorfin rainbowfish (Parajulis poecilepterus, was Halichoeres poecilopterus)