Nine

N5noun·ku

How to remember it

九 reads く, same as 苦 (suffering), so the count form ここのつ is often preferred.

Example sentences

  • 九時に会社に行きます。

    くじにかいしゃにいきます。

    I go to the office at nine o'clock.

  • このりんごは九百円です。

    このりんごはきゅうひゃくえんです。

    This apple is nine hundred yen.

Usage

Read く before 時 (hours), きゅう before 百, 千, 万.

Related words

九つ

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