[すじ, suji] (n) (1) muscle; tendon; sinew; (2) vein; artery; (3) fiber; fibre; string; (4) line; stripe; streak; (5) (See 筋が通る) reason; logic; (6) plot; storyline; (7) lineage; descent; (8) school (e.g. of scholarship or arts); (9) aptitude; talent; (10) source (of information, etc.); circle; channel; (11) well-informed person (in a transaction); (12) logical move (in go, shogi, etc.); (13) ninth vertical line (shogi); (14) seam on a helmet; (15) (abbr) (See 筋蒲鉾) gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.); (16) (arch) social position; status; (n-suf, n, adj-no) (17) on (a river, road, etc.); along; (suf, ctr) (18) counter for long thin things; (19) (arch) (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency); (P) #3255
[さる, saru] (n) ninth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Monkey, 3pm-5pm, west-southwest, July); (P) #5843
[じん;みずのえ, jin ; mizunoe] (n) 9th in rank; ninth sign of the Chinese calendar #13656
[ながつき, nagatsuki] (n) (obs) ninth month of the lunar calendar #16039
[かんく, kanku] (n) ninth day of the cold season (approx January 13th)
[きしゅう, kishuu] (n) (1) (obs) end of autumn; (2) ninth month of the lunar calendar
[きくづき, kikuduki] (n) (See 長月) ninth month in the lunar calendar
[きゅうし, kyuushi] (n) (See 九星) ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south)
[ここのか(P);ここぬか(ok), kokonoka (P); kokonuka (ok)] (n) (1) the ninth day of the month; (2) nine days; (P)
[もみじづき, momijiduki] (n) (See 長月) ninth lunar month
[しじゅうくにち, shijuukunichi] (n) forty-ninth day after a person's death
[とおかのきく, tookanokiku] (exp) (See 重陽) something that comes too late and is useless; like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth
[ねざめづき, nezameduki] (n) (See 長月) ninth lunar month
[かみおくり, kamiokuri] (n) (1) (See 神迎え) rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month); (2) exorcism
[みずのえさる;じんしん, mizunoesaru ; jinshin] (n) (See 干支) ninth of the sexagenary cycle
[みずのえたつ;じんしん, mizunoetatsu ; jinshin] (n) (See 干支) twenty-ninth of the sexagenary cycle
[みずのえとら;じんいん, mizunoetora ; jin'in] (n) (See 干支) thirty-ninth of the sexagenary cycle
[だいく, daiku] (n) the ninth (i.e. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony)
[ばんしゅう, banshuu] (n-adv, n) (1) late autumn (fall); (2) (arch) (See 長月) ninth month of the lunar calendar
[ぼしゅう, boshuu] (n) (1) late autumn (fall); (2) (obs) (See 長月) ninth month of the lunar calendar
[ぶえき;むえき, bueki ; mueki] (n) (1) (See 十二律) (in China) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C); (2) ninth month of the lunar calendar