[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