九

Idiomatic expression

small fraction (of); drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean

to go down to Kyushu

there is a huge markup in medicines, making it a profitable field; medicines sell for ten times the cost of their ingredients

Organization name

Kyushu Dental University

multiplication table

Organization name

Black September (Palestinian extremist group responsible for the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics)

Onmyōdō astrology

Idiomatic expression

to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle

the 1900s

falling headlong; plummeting; sudden crash

士 represents November as it can be decomposed into 十一 (11)

nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)

Onmyōdō astrology

Organization name

Kyushu National Museum

Mahjong

winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles

Mahjong

winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set

Kujō spring onion (variety common in the Kansai region)

Mahjong

thirteen orphans; winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile

Proverb

don't count your chickens before they're hatched; there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip; consider a journey of 100 ri to be halfway completed at 90

highest heavens

strontium 90 (Sr-90)

Buddhism

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

September 11 attacks; 9/11

nine shallow, one deep (ancient Chinese sexual technique)

nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)