"くノ一" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

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 with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Female people, Occupations Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 63 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 64 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms making reference to character shapes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 67 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Female people: 95 5 Disambiguation of Occupations: 93 7
  2. Synonym of 女 (onna, “woman”) Synonyms: [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-くノ一-ja-noun-XLsMg3C8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 忍者 (ninja) (ruby: (にん), (じゃ))
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Download raw JSONL data for くノ一 meaning in Japanese (1.6kB)

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