きゅうしゅう

See also: きゅうじゅう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of きゅうしゅう – see the following entries.

【九州】 [proper noun] Kyushu, the third largest island of Japan. The southernmost before Okinawa, it is (usually) composed of the seven prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima.

【旧習】 [noun] ancient customs or practices

【吸収】 [noun] suction; absorption; assimilation [noun] merger [verb] to suck/absorb a liquid [verb] to take in/gobble/consume food or drink [verb] (business) to take over/absorb a company

【急襲】 [noun] a surprise attack [verb] make a surprise attack

(This term, きゅうしゅう (kyūshū), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 九秋, 仇讐, 吸集, 窮愁.)