九

Organization name

Kyushu Institute of Technology (abbr); KIT

Idiomatic expression

to have a narrow escape from death

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

forty-ninth day after a person's death

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.)

Idiomatic expression

narrow escape from death

119 (ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number in Japan)

Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)

winding; meandering; sinuous; zigzag

Company name

Kyushu Electric Power

strapping Kyushu lad; virile son of Kyushu

Sumo

Kyushu Tournament (held in Fukuoka in November)

narrow escape from the jaw of death

Shinto

three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups

dagger

Organization name

Kyushu University

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

kowtowing; bowing repeatedly; three kneelings and nine prostrations

Written at the end of a letter

my deepest respects

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

(about) ninety percent (finished, complete, etc.); nearly; almost

almost certainly; in all probability; ten to one

nine-to-five (working hours); nine to five

Formal or literary term

an old woman's gray hair

Mahjong

all simples; winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles

Buddhism

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

Mahjong

nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit