"ninjato" meaning in All languages combined

See ninjato on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: ninjato [plural], ninjatos [plural], ninjatō [alternative], ninja-to [alternative]
Etymology: From Japanese 忍者刀 (ninjatō), in turn a compound of 忍者 (ninja) + 刀 (tō, “sword, knife”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|忍者刀|tr=ninjatō}} Japanese 忍者刀 (ninjatō) Head templates: {{en-noun|*|+}} ninjato (plural ninjato or ninjatos)
  1. A straight-bladed short sword, commonly appearing in works of fiction as a weapon of the shinobi in feudal Japan. Wikipedia link: Ninjatō Synonyms: ninja sword, ninjaken (alt: 忍者剣), shinobigatana (alt: 忍刀)
    Sense id: en-ninjato-en-noun-l9pj3rha Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "忍者刀",
        "tr": "ninjatō"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese 忍者刀 (ninjatō)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Japanese 忍者刀 (ninjatō), in turn a compound of 忍者 (ninja) + 刀 (tō, “sword, knife”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ninjato",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ninjatos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ninjatō",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ninja-to",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "2": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "ninjato (plural ninjato or ninjatos)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              43,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1988, Joseph Rosenberger, Hell Wind in Burma, →ISBN, page 78:",
          "text": "His fingers relaxed around the hilt of the ninja-to, and the sword dropped to the ground. So did he, a moment later.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              11
            ],
            [
              131,
              138
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2003, Eric Chaline, “Ninja Swords”, in Ninjutsu: Essential Tips, Drills, and Combat Techniques (Martial and Fighting Arts), Broomall, Pa.: Mason Crest Publishers, →ISBN, “Weaponry and Tools” section, page 45:",
          "text": "The ninjato had several other uses, as well as several other designs to accommodate these uses. For example, the scabbards of some ninjato were made longer than the blades. This design allowed for a secret compartment at the end of the scabbard that could store poisons or powders.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A straight-bladed short sword, commonly appearing in works of fiction as a weapon of the shinobi in feudal Japan."
      ],
      "id": "en-ninjato-en-noun-l9pj3rha",
      "links": [
        [
          "short sword",
          "short sword"
        ],
        [
          "shinobi",
          "shinobi"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ninja sword"
        },
        {
          "alt": "忍者剣",
          "word": "ninjaken"
        },
        {
          "alt": "忍刀",
          "word": "shinobigatana"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Ninjatō"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ninjato"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "忍者刀",
        "tr": "ninjatō"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese 忍者刀 (ninjatō)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Japanese 忍者刀 (ninjatō), in turn a compound of 忍者 (ninja) + 刀 (tō, “sword, knife”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ninjato",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ninjatos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ninjatō",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ninja-to",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "2": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "ninjato (plural ninjato or ninjatos)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English indeclinable nouns",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms borrowed from Japanese",
        "English terms derived from Japanese",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              43,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1988, Joseph Rosenberger, Hell Wind in Burma, →ISBN, page 78:",
          "text": "His fingers relaxed around the hilt of the ninja-to, and the sword dropped to the ground. So did he, a moment later.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              11
            ],
            [
              131,
              138
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2003, Eric Chaline, “Ninja Swords”, in Ninjutsu: Essential Tips, Drills, and Combat Techniques (Martial and Fighting Arts), Broomall, Pa.: Mason Crest Publishers, →ISBN, “Weaponry and Tools” section, page 45:",
          "text": "The ninjato had several other uses, as well as several other designs to accommodate these uses. For example, the scabbards of some ninjato were made longer than the blades. This design allowed for a secret compartment at the end of the scabbard that could store poisons or powders.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A straight-bladed short sword, commonly appearing in works of fiction as a weapon of the shinobi in feudal Japan."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "short sword",
          "short sword"
        ],
        [
          "shinobi",
          "shinobi"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Ninjatō"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ninja sword"
    },
    {
      "alt": "忍者剣",
      "word": "ninjaken"
    },
    {
      "alt": "忍刀",
      "word": "shinobigatana"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ninjato"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ninjato meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (c3cc510 and 1d3fdbf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.