九く分ぶ

noun, adverb

nine parts out of ten; ninety percent; mostly

Used to indicate that something is almost complete or mostly the case. Often used adverbially with に or as a noun modifier with の.

• 準じゅん備びは九く分ぶ通どおり終おわった。

  The preparations are ninety percent complete.

• 彼かれの話はなしは九く分ぶ九く厘りん本ほん当とうだ。

  His story is almost certainly true.

noun

nine percent

Literal percentage meaning, less common than the idiomatic 'nine parts out of ten' sense. Typically used in formal or statistical contexts.

• 今年ことしの成せい長ちょう率りつは九く分ぶにとどまった。

  This year's growth rate remained at nine percent.