kyu

/ kjuː /

noun

1. one of the five student grades for inexperienced competitors

2. a student in the kyu grades Compare dan 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of kyu¹

from Japanese

Example Sentences

Unlike most of Japan’s current global artists, Kaze’s popularity is not primarily drawn from anime tie-ins, notes J-pop YouTuber Kushun in his minidocumentary on the artist, drawing a parallel between his success with “Shinunoga E-wa” and “Ue o Muite Arukō,” also known as “Sukiyaki,” by Kyu Sakamoto, the only Japanese song to top the American Billboard charts back in 1963.

From Los Angeles Times

"The global community must make sustained and substantive efforts to sharpen the focus on prevention, optimize access to antiretroviral therapy, and make HIV testing widely available to achieve prompt diagnosis and linkage to care," said Dr. Kyu.

From Science Daily

Eight months after his defection, Ri Il Kyu is living with his family in the South Korean capital, Seoul.

From BBC

Ri Il Kyu is the highest-profile defector to escape North Korea since 2016 and has been face to face with Kim Jong Un on seven separate occasions.

From BBC

Local reports identified the man as 52-year-old Ri Il Kyu and quoted him as saying that he fled because of "disillusionment with the North Korean regime and a bleak future".

From BBC