Meanings

an old woman's gray hair

nine pins

Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)

Kitakyushu (city)

Kyushu dialect

age ninety

nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land

nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land

Amitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)

Kutani ware (style of Japanese porcelain)

longtooth grouper (Epinephelus bruneus)

nine lives (of a cat)

eighteen

nine shallow, one deep (ancient Chinese sexual technique)

facing a wall for nine years in meditation (by Bodhidharma at Shaolin Temple)

nine-to-five (working hours)

novennial

ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south)

ninth day of the cold season (approx January 13th)

three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups