九 - nine

nineteen; 19

the 1900s

Kitakyushu (city)

nine; 9

multiplication table; times table

nine

ninefold

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

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

ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south)

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

three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups