九

Numeric; 玖 is used in legal documents

nine; 9

Numeric; クー, キュー or チュー in mahjong

nine

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

multiplication table; times table

Numeric

nine

Common noun

nine years of age

Common noun

twelve o'clock (old time system)

Mythology

Navagraha (divine personifications of the nine celestial bodies in Hindu mythology); nine luminaries

Abbreviation

(in Onmyōdō) divination of a person's fate based on the nine celestial bodies's positions at birth

Sumo

ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank

Card games

scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu

ninth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

Adverb (fukushi)

nine parts; ninety percent; mostly

nine percent

Idiomatic expression

to have a narrow escape from death

nine times

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

twisting around many times

ninefold

imperial palace; the Court

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

Adverb (fukushi)

almost certainly; in all probability; ten to one; in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred

Common noun; Usu. as 〜まで

near-completeness; near-perfection; ninety-nine percent (finished, etc.)

kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial

common hill mynah (Gracula religiosa); hill myna; myna bird

Buddhism

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

Idiomatic expression

narrow escape from death

Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)

winding; meandering; sinuous; zigzag

Company name

Kyushu Electric Power

nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope

strapping Kyushu lad; virile son of Kyushu