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Definition 2024
忍者
忍者
Chinese
| to beat; to endure; to tolerate | -ist, -er (person); person (who does sth) | ||
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simp. and trad. (忍者) |
忍 | 者 | |
Noun
忍者
- (historical, Japan) a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan
- a person trained primarily in stealth, espionage, assassination
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 忍 | 者 |
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にん Grade: S |
しゃ > じゃ Grade: 3 |
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Etymology
From Middle Chinese *njìn-cjià /*ȵiɪnt͡ɕia/ > Japanese /*nind͡ʑja/.
Pronunciation
Noun
忍者 (hiragana にんじゃ, romaji ninja)
- (martial arts) ninja (person trained in stealth, espionage, assassination and ninjutsu)
Related terms
- 忍術使い (ninjutsutsukai)
- 忍び者 (shinobimono)
- 忍び (shinobi) marauder, another word for 'ninja'
- 忍道 (nindō) ninja way
- 忍法 (にんぽう, ninpō) ninja art
- 忍道 (ninjutsu) ninja technique
See also
- 伊賀者 (igamono)
- 甲賀者 (kōgamono)
- くの一, くノ一 (kunoichi)
- 隠密 (おんみつ, onmitsu): a spy or an undercover detective