"忍者" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /ʐən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jɐn³⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /zim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ʐən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /jɐn³⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/, /zim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia⁴¹/, /lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia⁵³/ Chinese transliterations: rěnzhě [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄖㄣˇ ㄓㄜˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jan² ze² [Cantonese, Jyutping], jím-chiá, lím-chiá, rěnzhě [Phonetic:rénzhě] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], rěnjhě [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], jên³-chê³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], rěn-jě [Mandarin, Yale], reenjee [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], жэньчжэ [Mandarin, Palladius], žɛnʹčžɛ [Mandarin, Palladius], yán jé [Cantonese, Yale], jan² dze² [Cantonese, Pinyin], yen² zé² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], jím-chiá [Hokkien, POJ], jím-tsiá [Hokkien, Tai-lo], jymciar [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], lím-chiá [Hokkien, POJ], lím-tsiá [Hokkien, Tai-lo], lymciar [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 忍者 (ninja). Etymology templates: {{obor|zh|ja|忍者|tr=ninja}} Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 忍者 (ninja) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 忍者
  1. (historical) a ninja (covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan) Tags: historical Categories (topical): Martial arts, Occupations Categories (place): Japan
    Sense id: en-忍者-zh-noun-XhSnbh-X Disambiguation of Martial arts: 72 28 Disambiguation of Occupations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japan: 92 8
  2. a person trained primarily in stealth, espionage, assassination
    Sense id: en-忍者-zh-noun-8r3Eu0DA Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 41 59

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ɲ̟ĩɲ̟d͡ʑa̠] Forms: 忍者 [canonical] (ruby: (にん), (じゃ)), ninja [romanization]
Etymology: Uncertain. The most consistent term in the historical record appears to be 忍び (shinobi, “sneaking, hiding”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 忍ぶ (shinobu, “to endure, to bear; to hide, to conceal oneself; to sneak into or out of a place”). This in turn was extended into 忍びの者 (shinobi no mono, “sneaking person, person of sneaking”), cited to a text from 1689. This ninja reading became more common in Japanese in the modern era, possibly due to a number of popular manga series after World War Two. This reading may have arisen as a shift in reading of the kun'yomi phrase 忍びの者 (shinobi no mono), applying the on'yomi to the kanji alone to create a kanji-compound term. The sha changes to ja as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{unc|ja|sort=にんじゃ}} Uncertain, {{sortkey|ja|忍者}} にんしゃ', {{rendaku2|sha|ja}} The sha changes to ja as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|にんじゃ}} 忍(にん)者(じゃ) • (ninja)
  1. a ninja (person trained in stealth, espionage, assassination and ninjutsu) Wikipedia link: Hokusai Manga, Ninja, ja:大辞林, ja:忍者, ja:松村明 Categories (topical): Martial arts, Occupations Derived forms: 忍者烏鮫 (ninja karasuzame) (ruby: (ニン), (ジャ), (カラス), (ザメ)) (english: ninja lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi)) Related terms: 忍び (shinobi) (ruby: (しの)), 忍法 (ninpō) (ruby: (にん), (ぽう)), 忍術 (ruby: (にん), (じゅつ)) (english: ninjutsu), 忍術使い (ninjutsutsukai) (ruby: (にん), (じゅつ), 使(つか)), 伊賀者 (igamono) (ruby: (), (), (もの)), 甲賀者 (kōgamono) (ruby: (こう), (), (もの)), くノ一 (kunoichi) (ruby: (いち))

Noun [Vietnamese]

Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} 忍者, {{vi-noun|sc=Hani}} 忍者
  1. chữ Hán form of nhẫn giả (“ninja”).

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      "zh-pron": "jên³-chê³"
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    },
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    },
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          "expansion": "→ German: Ninja",
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          "english": "A ninja doesn’t need that kinda speed!!",
          "ref": "2011 April 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第三百三十七訓 だいじょぶだ〰 (Dai-sanbyakusanjūnana-kun Daijobu Da~, “Lesson 337: It’s Gonna Be Okay~”)”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) ([銀](ぎん)[魂](たま)), volume 39 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha",
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              "食",
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              "者",
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            ]
          ],
          "text": "いやぁ このデリケートな時期によくやるな お前 あの雑食性一晩であれだけの数をさばくタフさ そして何よりその早さ……お前 忍者にならねーか?\nIyā kono derikēto na jiki ni yoku yaru na omae Ano zasshokusei hitoban de are dake no kazu o sabaku tafusa soshite nani yori sono hayasa…… Omae ninja ni naranē ka?\nBut you did really well in such a delicate situation. That toughness to omnivorously handle so many in one night, and that speed above all… You wanna be a ninja?\n忍者にそんなす早さいらねーだろ‼"
        }
      ],
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        "a ninja (person trained in stealth, espionage, assassination and ninjutsu)"
      ],
      "id": "en-忍者-ja-noun-DIp~-GA6",
      "links": [
        [
          "ninja",
          "ninja"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ],
        [
          "trained",
          "trained#English"
        ],
        [
          "stealth",
          "stealth#English"
        ],
        [
          "espionage",
          "espionage#English"
        ],
        [
          "assassination",
          "assassination#English"
        ],
        [
          "ninjutsu",
          "ninjutsu#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "shinobi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "忍",
              "しの"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "忍び"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ninpō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "忍",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "法",
              "ぽう"
            ]
          ],
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        },
        {
          "english": "ninjutsu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "忍",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "術",
              "じゅつ"
            ]
          ],
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        },
        {
          "roman": "ninjutsutsukai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "忍",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "術",
              "じゅつ"
            ],
            [
              "使",
              "つか"
            ]
          ],
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        },
        {
          "roman": "igamono",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "伊",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "賀",
              "が"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "もの"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "伊賀者"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kōgamono",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "甲",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "賀",
              "が"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "もの"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "甲賀者"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kunoichi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "一",
              "いち"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "くノ一"
        }
      ],
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        "Hokusai Manga",
        "Ninja",
        "ja:大辞林",
        "ja:忍者",
        "ja:松村明"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "にんじゃ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟ĩɲ̟d͡ʑa̠]"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "忍者",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "sc": "Hani"
      },
      "expansion": "忍者",
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    }
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  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese Chữ Hán",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese nouns without classifiers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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          "chữ Hán",
          "chữ Hán#Vietnamese"
        ],
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          "nhẫn giả",
          "nhẫn giả#Vietnamese"
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        [
          "ninja",
          "ninja"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "忍者"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese orthographic borrowings from Japanese",
    "Chinese terms borrowed from Japanese",
    "Chinese terms derived from Japanese",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "zh:Japan",
    "zh:Martial arts",
    "zh:Occupations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "忍者",
        "tr": "ninja"
      },
      "expansion": "Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 忍者 (ninja)",
      "name": "obor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 忍者 (ninja).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "忍者",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a ninja (covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ninja",
          "ninja"
        ],
        [
          "covert",
          "covert#English"
        ],
        [
          "agent",
          "agent#English"
        ],
        [
          "mercenary",
          "mercenary#English"
        ],
        [
          "feudal",
          "feudal#English"
        ],
        [
          "Japan",
          "Japan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) a ninja (covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a person trained primarily in stealth, espionage, assassination"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "trained",
          "trained"
        ],
        [
          "stealth",
          "stealth"
        ],
        [
          "espionage",
          "espionage"
        ],
        [
          "assassination",
          "assassination"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rěnzhě"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄖㄣˇ ㄓㄜˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jan² ze²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "jím-chiá"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "lím-chiá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rěnzhě [Phonetic:rénzhě]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rěnjhě"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jên³-chê³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rěn-jě"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "reenjee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "жэньчжэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "žɛnʹčžɛ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yán jé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jan² dze²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen² zé²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐn³⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jím-chiá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jím-tsiá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jymciar"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lím-chiá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lím-tsiá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lymciar"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: rénzhě]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐn³⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia⁵³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "忍者"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "ninja lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi)",
      "roman": "ninja karasuzame",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "忍",
          "ニン"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "ジャ"
        ],
        [
          "烏",
          "カラス"
        ],
        [
          "鮫",
          "ザメ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "忍者烏鮫"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Chinese:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chinese:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cmn",
            "2": "忍者",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "rěnzhě"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mandarin: 忍者 (rěnzhě)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mandarin: 忍者 (rěnzhě)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "2"
          },
          "expansion": "²",
          "name": "sup"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "2"
          },
          "expansion": "²",
          "name": "sup"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yue",
            "2": "忍者",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "jan² ze²"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Cantonese: 忍者 (jan² ze²)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Cantonese: 忍者 (jan² ze²)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "ninja",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: ninja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: ninja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ninja",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ninja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ninja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "ninja",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: ninja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: ninja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Ninja",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Ninja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Ninja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "닌자",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 닌자 (ninja)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 닌자 (ninja)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "нинџа",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: нинџа (nindža)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: нинџа (nindža)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ninja",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: ninja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: ninja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ни́ндзя",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: ни́ндзя (níndzja)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: ни́ндзя (níndzja)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "nhẫn giả",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: nhẫn giả",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: nhẫn giả"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "sort": "にんじゃ"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "忍者"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sha",
        "2": "ja"
      },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "忍者",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "忍",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "じゃ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ninja",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "roman": "shinobi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "忍",
          "しの"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "ninpō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "忍",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "法",
          "ぽう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "忍法"
    },
    {
      "english": "ninjutsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "忍",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "術",
          "じゅつ"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "ninjutsutsukai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "忍",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "術",
          "じゅつ"
        ],
        [
          "使",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "忍術使い"
    },
    {
      "roman": "igamono",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "伊",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "賀",
          "が"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "もの"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "伊賀者"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōgamono",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "甲",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "賀",
          "が"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "もの"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "甲賀者"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kunoichi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "一",
          "いち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "くノ一"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with rendaku",
        "Japanese terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
        "ja:Martial arts",
        "ja:Occupations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A ninja doesn’t need that kinda speed!!",
          "ref": "2011 April 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第三百三十七訓 だいじょぶだ〰 (Dai-sanbyakusanjūnana-kun Daijobu Da~, “Lesson 337: It’s Gonna Be Okay~”)”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) ([銀](ぎん)[魂](たま)), volume 39 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha",
          "roman": "Ninja ni sonna subayasa iranē daro‼",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "第",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "さん"
            ],
            [
              "百",
              "びゃく"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "さん"
            ],
            [
              "十",
              "じゅう"
            ],
            [
              "七",
              "なな"
            ],
            [
              "訓",
              "くん"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "期",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "雑",
              "ざっ"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "しょく"
            ],
            [
              "性",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "晩",
              "ばん"
            ],
            [
              "数",
              "かず"
            ],
            [
              "何",
              "なに"
            ],
            [
              "早",
              "はや"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "忍",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "じゃ"
            ],
            [
              "忍",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "じゃ"
            ],
            [
              "早",
              "ばや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "いやぁ このデリケートな時期によくやるな お前 あの雑食性一晩であれだけの数をさばくタフさ そして何よりその早さ……お前 忍者にならねーか?\nIyā kono derikēto na jiki ni yoku yaru na omae Ano zasshokusei hitoban de are dake no kazu o sabaku tafusa soshite nani yori sono hayasa…… Omae ninja ni naranē ka?\nBut you did really well in such a delicate situation. That toughness to omnivorously handle so many in one night, and that speed above all… You wanna be a ninja?\n忍者にそんなす早さいらねーだろ‼"
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        "Hokusai Manga",
        "Ninja",
        "ja:大辞林",
        "ja:忍者",
        "ja:松村明"
      ]
    }
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}

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