九

nine lives (of a cat)

Idiomatic expression

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

great height

Organization name

Kyushu National Museum (abbr)

to go down to Kyushu

Mathematics

casting out nines

Noun or verb acting prenominally

novennial; recurring every nine years

Organization name

Kyushu Dental University

multiplication table

Organization name

Kyushu University (abbr)

many turns (in a road)

Onmyōdō astrology

Idiomatic expression

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

falling headlong; plummeting; sudden crash

Onmyōdō astrology

summer

the nine grains

Organization name

Kyushu National Museum

Kujō spring onion (variety common in the Kansai region)

highest heavens

the nine holes in the body of humans and other mammals (mouth, eyes, ears, etc.); nine orifices

age ninety; one's nineties

Veronicastrum sibiricum (species of flowering plant)

Buddhism

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