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My dictionary says they are both translated to the word "nine".

Can someone help clarify this for me.

Thank you
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What's the difference between Kokonotsu and kyū
kyuu is the basic number. kokonotsu is 9 of something. kokonoka is 9 days,
kyuuhon is 9 glasses...

there are hundreds of those, they are called counters and you should study
them to learn how they work.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_counter_word>
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ここのつ is a traditional Japanese word, while 九 is one of Chinese numerals (漢数字)
which are common to most of Eastern Asian languages.

It also should be mentioned that you can't use 漢数字 without using a counter
word (助数詞) for appropriate cathegory when counting objects. For example, the
following are two different ways to say "there are 9 pencils" in Japanese:

「鉛筆が九本」 (where 本 is a counter word appropriate for pencils)

「鉛筆がここのつ」 (no counter word is needed here)

You may always replace 漢数字 with a traditional Japanese numeral in that way for
all quantities that are equal or lesser than 9 - especially if you are not
sure which counter word should be used with a cathegory of objects that you're
trying to count, but sometimes this can be considered illiterate.
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