忍者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忍	者

Noun

忍者 (hiragana にんじゃ, romaji ninja)

1. one who uses various stealth techniques to secretly enter enemy territory to carry out espionage, plots, or assassinations; a ninja

Related terms

• 伊賀者 (igamono)
• 甲賀者 (kōgamono)
• くの一, くノ一 (kunoichi)
• 忍術使い (ninjutsutsukai)
• 忍び者 (shinobimono)

See also

• 忍び (shinobi) "marauder," another word for 'ninja'
• 忍道 (nindō) lit. "ninja way" -- "The Way of the Ninja"
• 忍法 (にんぽう, ninpō) lit. "ninja art" -- "The Art of the Ninja"
• 忍術 (ninjutsu) lit. "ninja technique"
• 隠密 (おんみつ, onmitsu): a spy or an undercover detective