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There are 62 total results for your Ninja search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

忍び

see styles
 shinobi
    しのび

More info & calligraphy:

Shinobi / Ninja Outcast
(1) stealth; (2) (abbreviation) (See 忍び歩き) travelling incognito (traveling); (3) (abbreviation) (See 忍びの術) ninjutsu; (4) (abbreviation) (See 忍びの者) ninja; (5) sneak theft; sneak thief; (6) (See 忍びない) tolerance

忍法

see styles
rěn fǎ
    ren3 fa3
jen fa
 ninpou / ninpo
    にんぽう

More info & calligraphy:

Ninpo
ninja arts
(忍法位) The method or stage of patience, the sixth of the seven stages of the Hīnayāna in the attainment of arhatship, or sainthood: also the third of the four roots of goodness.

忍者

see styles
rěn zhě
    ren3 zhe3
jen che
 ninja
    にんじゃ

More info & calligraphy:

Ninja
ninja
(hist) (See 忍術) ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

忍術

see styles
 ninjutsu
    にんじゅつ

More info & calligraphy:

Ninjutsu / Ninjitsu
{MA} ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.

忍びの者

see styles
 shinobinomono
    しのびのもの

More info & calligraphy:

Shinobi No Mono
(See 忍者) ninja

see styles
yìn
    yin4
yin
 in
    いん
to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image
(1) stamp; seal; chop; (2) seal impression; seal; sealing; stamp; mark; print; (3) {Buddh} mudra (symbolic hand gesture); (4) ninja hand sign; (5) (abbreviation) (See 印度・インド) India; (surname) In
mudrā; seal, sign, symbol, emblem, proof, assurance, approve; also 印契; 契印; 印相. Manual signs indicative of various ideas, e. g. each finger represents one of the five primary elements, earth, water, fire, air, and space, beginning with the little finger; the left hand represents 定 stillness, or meditation, the right hand 慧 discernment or wisdom; they have also many other indications. Also, the various symbols of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, e. g. the thunderbolt; cf. 因.; (度) The five Indias, or five regions of India, idem 五天竺 q. v.


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cǎo
    cao3
ts`ao
    tsao
 takakusa
    たかくさ
variant of 草[cao3]
(1) kanji "grass radical" (radical 140); (2) grass crown; (out-dated kanji) (1) grass; weed; herb; thatch; (2) (archaism) ninja; (prefix) (3) not genuine; substandard; (surname) Takakusa

上忍

see styles
shàng rěn
    shang4 ren3
shang jen
 jounin / jonin
    じょうにん
Ninja clan master; highest-ranking ninja
exceedingly patient

下忍

see styles
xià rěn
    xia4 ren3
hsia jen
 genin
    げにん
low-ranking ninja; (place-name) Shimooshi
inferior patience

中忍

see styles
zhōng rěn
    zhong1 ren3
chung jen
 chuunin / chunin
    ちゅうにん
(manga slang) ninja commander
middling patience

卍刀

see styles
 mantou / manto
    まんとう
ninja weapon disguised as a pair of garden shears

吹針

see styles
 fukibari
    ふきばり
Ninja spitting needles

忍具

see styles
 ningu
    にんぐ
ninja implement (shuriken, etc.)

忍刀

see styles
 nintou / ninto
    にんとう
Ninja sword

抜忍

see styles
 nukenin
    ぬけにん
runaway ninja; fugitive ninja

細作


细作

see styles
xì zuò
    xi4 zuo4
hsi tso
 saisaku
    さいさく
police spy; secret agent
(archaism) spy; secret agent; ninja

苦無

see styles
 kunashi
    くなし
(ateji / phonetic) (1) (colloquialism) ninja throwing knives; (2) mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.; (female given name) Kunashi

萬刀

see styles
 mantou / manto
    まんとう
ninja weapon disguised as a pair of garden shears

軒猿

see styles
 nokizaru
    のきざる
ninja (esp. those serving the Uesugi clan during the Sengoku period)

透破

see styles
 toppa
    とっぱ
(archaism) (See 忍者) ninja

遁法

see styles
 tonpou / tonpo
    とんぽう
{MA} Ninja art of escape

遁術

see styles
 tonjutsu
    とんじゅつ
{MA} Ninja art of escape

鉤縄

see styles
 kaginawa
    かぎなわ
ninja rope with grappling hook

陰忍

see styles
 innin
    いんにん
(hist) (See 陽忍) carrying out covert operations without being seen (of a ninja)

陽忍

see styles
 younin / yonin
    ようにん
(See 陰忍) carrying out operations in the open (of a ninja)

隠忍

see styles
 innin
    いんにん
(n,vs,vi) (1) patience; endurance; (2) (colloquialism) undercover ninja; embedded ninja

かぎ縄

see styles
 kaginawa
    かぎなわ
ninja rope with grappling hook

くの一

see styles
 kunoichi
    くのいち
(ik) (1) female ninja; (2) (colloquialism) woman

七化け

see styles
 nanabake
    ななばけ
(1) {kabuki} (See 七変化・1) dance in which the performer quickly changes his clothes seven times; (2) the seven disguises of ninja

七方出

see styles
 shichihoude / shichihode
    しちほうで
{MA} seven disguises of the ninja

万力鎖

see styles
 manrikigusari
    まんりきぐさり
{MA} Ninja weighted chain weapon

吹き針

see styles
 fukibari
    ふきばり
Ninja spitting needles

忍び刀

see styles
 shinobigatana
    しのびがたな
ninja sword

忍者刀

see styles
 ninjatou / ninjato
    にんじゃとう
ninja sword

忍者龜


忍者龟

see styles
rěn zhě guī
    ren3 zhe3 gui1
jen che kuei
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Tw); see 忍者神龜|忍者神龟[Ren3 zhe3 Shen2 gui1]

手裡劍


手里剑

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shǒu lǐ jiàn
    shou3 li3 jian4
shou li chien
straight or circular throwing-knife used by ninja and samurai (loanword from Japanese 手裏剣 shuriken)

抜け忍

see styles
 nukenin
    ぬけにん
runaway ninja; fugitive ninja

水グモ

see styles
 mizugumo
    みずグモ
(1) (kana only) water spider (Argyroneta aquatica); (2) ninja water-walking shoes

水蜘蛛

see styles
 mizugumo
    みずぐも
(1) (kana only) water spider (Argyroneta aquatica); (2) ninja water-walking shoes

隠遁術

see styles
 intonjutsu
    いんとんじゅつ
{MA} Ninja art of escape

ミズグモ

see styles
 mizugumo
    ミズグモ
(1) (kana only) water spider (Argyroneta aquatica); (2) ninja water-walking shoes

忍び六具

see styles
 shinobirokugu
    しのびろくぐ
(かぎ縄, 編み笠, 石筆, 三尺手ぬぐい, 薬, 打ち竹) the six tools of the ninja

忍び文字

see styles
 shinobimoji
    しのびもじ
Ninja script

忍者屋敷

see styles
 ninjayashiki
    にんじゃやしき
ninja house; ninja residence

忍者烏鮫

see styles
 ninjakarasuzame; ninjakarasuzame
    にんじゃからすざめ; ニンジャカラスザメ
(kana only) ninja lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi)

忍者神龜


忍者神龟

see styles
rěn zhě shén guī
    ren3 zhe3 shen2 gui1
jen che shen kuei
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc

深草兎歩

see styles
 shinsoutoho / shinsotoho
    しんそうとほ
crouched walk treading on hands for stealth used by ninja

下げ緒七術

see styles
 sageonanajutsu
    さげおななじゅつ
seven techniques using a ninja sword

Variations:
萬刀
卍刀

see styles
 mantou / manto
    まんとう
ninja weapon disguised as a pair of garden shears

隠れ身の術

see styles
 kakureminojutsu
    かくれみのじゅつ
(exp,n) (See 隠れ身) art of disappearing (esp. ninja)

Variations:
かぎ縄
鉤縄

see styles
 kaginawa
    かぎなわ
ninja rope with grappling hook

Variations:
吹き針
吹針

see styles
 fukibari
    ふきばり
Ninja spitting needles

Variations:
抜け忍
抜忍

see styles
 nukenin
    ぬけにん
runaway ninja; fugitive ninja

Variations:
水蜘蛛
水グモ

see styles
 mizugumo(水蜘蛛); mizugumo(水gumo); mizugumo
    みずぐも(水蜘蛛); みずグモ(水グモ); ミズグモ
(1) (kana only) water spider (Argyroneta aquatica); (2) ninja water-walking shoes

ニンジャカラスザメ

see styles
 ninjakarasuzame
    ニンジャカラスザメ
(kana only) ninja lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi)

苦無(ateji)

see styles
 kunai
    くない
(1) (colloquialism) ninja throwing knives; (2) (orig. meaning) mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.

Variations:
隠忍
隱忍(sK)

see styles
 innin
    いんにん
(n,vs,vi) (1) patience; endurance; (2) (colloquialism) undercover ninja; embedded ninja

Variations:
草(P)
艸(oK)

see styles
 kusa
    くさ
(1) grass; weed; herb; thatch; (2) (archaism) ninja; (prefix) (3) not genuine; substandard; (expression) (4) (net-sl) (multiple repetitions of "w" ("LOL") resembles grass: wwwwww) (See w) LOL; haha

Variations:
草(P)
艸(rK)

see styles
 kusa
    くさ
(1) grass; weed; herb; thatch; (2) (archaism) ninja; (3) (slang) marijuana; cannabis; (prefix) (4) not genuine; substandard; (expression) (5) (net-sl) (from multiple repetitions of "w" ("LOL") resembling grass: wwwwww) (See w) LOL; haha

Variations:
くノ一
くの一(ik)

see styles
 kunoichi
    くのいち
(1) (from the strokes of the 女 kanji) female ninja; (2) (colloquialism) woman

忍者戦隊カクレンジャー

see styles
 ninjasentaikakurenjaa / ninjasentaikakurenja
    にんじゃせんたいカクレンジャー
(work) Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994-1995 TV series); (wk) Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994-1995 TV series)

ミュータントニンジャタートルズ2

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 myuutantoninjataatoruzutsuu / myutantoninjatatoruzutsu
    ミュータントニンジャタートルズツー
(work) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 - The Secret of the Ooze (film); (wk) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 - The Secret of the Ooze (film)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 62 results for "Ninja" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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