- kyuu cue (billiards, pool), cue stick; cue (music, theatre, etc.)
- kyuu queue
Used in billiards/pool contexts for the stick, in music/theatre for a signal to start, or in computing for a data structure. Informal and technical.
キューでボールを突く。
Kyuu de booru wo tsuku.
Hit the ball with the cue.
次の曲のキューを待って。
Tsugi no kyoku no kyuu wo matte.
Wait for the cue for the next song.
⚖️ Commonly confused with 'kyu' (level in martial arts), but that is written as 級.
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