"ninjato" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1988, Joseph Rosenberger, Hell Wind in Burma, page 78",
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          "word": "ninja sword"
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        {
          "alt": "忍者剣",
          "word": "ninjaken"
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          "alt": "忍刀",
          "word": "shinobigatana"
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        {
          "word": "ninjatō"
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          "word": "ninja-to"
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