ninjato

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English

Modern depiction of ninja with ninjato. Edo wonderland, Japan.
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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 忍者刀 (にんじゃとう, ninjatō), 忍者 (にんじゃ, “ninja”) + 刀 (とう, “blade”)

Noun

ninjato (plural ninjatos)

  1. A straight-bladed short sword, commonly appearing in works of fiction as a weapon of the shinobi in feudal Japan.
    • 1988, Joseph Rosenberger, Hell Wind in Burma, →ISBN, page 78:
      His fingers relaxed around the hilt of the ninja-to, and the sword dropped to the ground. So did he, a moment later.

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