noun:

• nine gates; winning hand consisting of one pung of 1s, one pung of 9s and one tile each of every other number, plus one more suited tile, all in the same suit - Mahjong term - From English "chi"

noun:

• one copy (of a document); one letter
• one-way traffic - abbreviation ➜ 一方通行
• pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) - sometimes written イッツー - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 一気通貫【いっきつうかん】

noun:

• match-up between wrestlers from different divisions who will probably 'switch' divisions in new ranking - Sumo term

noun:

• wisdom; enlightenment
• prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom - Buddhism term ➜ 三学

noun:

• nine parts; nine percent; almost

noun:

• (mountain) ridge; spur

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• ten to one; nine cases out of ten - four character idiom

noun:

• number of divisions; count

noun:

• company consisting of autonomous divisions

expression:

• nine shallow, one deep (ancient Chinese sexual technique)

noun:

• threefold training; three divisions of the noble eightfold path - Buddhism term ➜ 八正道

noun:

• nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 浄土
• Amitabha's Pure Land ［くほん］ ➜ 九品浄土
• nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land ［くほん］ ➜ 九品蓮台

noun:

• 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 - Mahjong term

noun:

• first of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mercury and north) ➜ 九星
• white patch on one foot of a horse; horse with such a patch
• surface (landscape) that is white all over; pure white

noun / ~する noun:

• beginnings; creation; founding (of empire)

counter:

• indicates position in a sequence ➜ 目【め】

noun:

• divisions of a kabuki performance

noun:

• the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar - four character idiom

noun:

• 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

noun:

• 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

noun:

• (divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire

noun:

• administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures

noun:

• the nine nearest generations of relatives

noun:

• nine lives (of a cat)

noun:

• Meiji Constitution (Constitution of the Empire of Japan)

noun:

• Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures (all administrative divisions of Japan except Tokyo-to)