九分九厘 – vocab dash

九く分ぶ九く厘りん

Meanings

Adverb

1. almost certainly; in all probability; ten to one; in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred (Yojijukugo)

Noun

2. near-completeness; near-perfection; ninety-nine percent (finished, etc.) (Yojijukugo, usu. as 〜まで)

Kanji used

Pitch accent

くぶくりん

Composed of

nine parts; ninety percent; mostly; nine percent

Noun

nine; 9

Numeric

one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); 0.0375 grams (one-hundredth of a monme)

Numeric