きゅうしゅう

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Japanese

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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.)