Kanji
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nine; 9
nine o'clock
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
multiplication table; times table
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
nine parts; nine percent; almost
nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)
forty-ninth day after a person's death
ten to one; nine cases out of ten
nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land; Amitabha's Pure Land; nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
Kutani ware; style of Japanese porcelain
(tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep
nine out of ten; nearly; almost
nine-to-five (working hours); nine to five
facing a wall for nine years in meditation (by Bodhidharma at Shaolin Temple)
longtooth grouper (Epinephelus bruneus)
Japanese primrose (Primula japonica)
nearly; almost; (lit.) eight or nine parts (out of ten)
casting out nines
there is a huge markup in medicines, making it a profitable field; medicines sell for ten times the cost of their ingredients; (lit.) medicine ten times
multiplication table
three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups; sake (secret language of court ladies); rice wine
mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)
nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
Amitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)
ninth day of the cold season (approx January 13th)
Veronicastrum sibiricum (species of flowering plant)
eighteen
Kujō Station (Osaka)