nine

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

nine times ②twisting around many times

nine-tailed fox

narrow escape from death

Kitakyushu (city)

narrow escape from the jaw of death

narrowly averting death

strapping Kyushu lad

sky

Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)

Kyushu dialect

Kyushu Electric Power

Kyushu University (abbr)

nineteen

the 1900s

summer

small fraction (of)

the nine grains

highest heavens

ninth ②Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten

almost certainly ②near-completeness

nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)

multiplication table

nine parts ②nine percent

kurin

dagger

nearly

multiplication table

three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups

forty-ninth day after a person's death

there is a huge markup in medicines, making it a profitable field

(tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep

nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land ②Amitabha's Pure Land ③nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land

Amitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)

nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land

Kutani ware (style of Japanese porcelain)

eighteen

facing a wall for nine years in meditation (by Bodhidharma at Shaolin Temple)

nine ②nine years of age ③twelve o'clock (old time system)

ninefold ②imperial palace

(approx.) twelve o'clock (am or pm, old time system)

age ninety

an old woman's gray hair

winding

nine

all simples

thirteen orphans

nine gates