九く頭ず竜りゅう

noun

nine-headed dragon

A mythological creature from Japanese folklore, often associated with water and serpentine forms. The name is also used for places and fictional characters.

• 九く頭ず竜りゅうは日本にほんの神しん話わに登とう場じょうする九ここのつの頭あたまを持もつ竜りゅうだ。

  The Kuzuryū is a nine-headed dragon that appears in Japanese mythology.

• 九く頭ず竜りゅう川がわは福ふく井い県けんを流ながれる川かわの名な前まえでもある。

  The Kuzuryū River is also the name of a river flowing through Fukui Prefecture.