"くノ一" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [kɯ̟no̞it͡ɕi] Forms: くノ一 [canonical] (ruby: (いち)), kunoichi [romanization]
Etymology: From the three strokes of the kanji 女 (“woman”). The first character is a hiragana, the second character is a katakana, the third character is a kanji. Etymology templates: {{glink/ja|kanji}} kanji Head templates: {{ja-noun|くノいち|くのいち}} くノ一(いち) or くノ一(いち) • (kunoichi)
  1. a kunoichi (female ninja)
    Sense id: en-くノ一-ja-noun-2lxWmgdt Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms making reference to character shapes, Japanese terms read with goon, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Female people, Occupations Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 92 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 87 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms making reference to character shapes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with goon: 70 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 67 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 87 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 89 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Female people: 95 5 Disambiguation of Occupations: 94 6
  2. synonym of 女 (onna, “woman”) Synonyms: [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-くノ一-ja-noun-8O3sVA1f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 忍者 (ninja) (ruby: (にん), (じゃ))
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