九皐 [py] jiu3gāo [wg] chiu-kao [ko] 구고 kugo [ja] キュウゴウ kyūgō ||| (1) The "nine marshes" -- hell, the underworld. (2) A deep swamp; a deep marshland. A metaphor for a deep, distant place.

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