Word Meaning 忍者

にんじゃ ninja

忍者 is read as にんじゃ (ninja) and means ninja.

Meaning

English

  1. ninja
  2. person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

Reading

Kana

にんじゃ

Romaji

ninja

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Related Words くノ一,日本,歴史,,着物 Rank 11860 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

忍びの者

しのびのもの

ninja

忍者戦隊カクレンジャー

にんじゃせんたいかくれんじゃー

Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994-1995 TV series)

忍者屋敷

にんじゃやしき

ninja house

忍者刀

にんじゃとう

ninja sword

忍者烏鮫

にんじゃからすざめ

ninja lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi)

忍耐

にんたい

endurance

忍ぶ

しのぶ

to conceal oneself

忍び込む

しのびこむ

to creep in

忍び寄る

しのびよる

to creep

忍び

しのび

ninja

保護者

ほごしゃ

guardian

浮浪者

ふろうしゃ

vagrant

Example Sentences

10

にんじゃはやみのなかにきえた。

The ninja disappeared into the darkness.

He's a ninja.

Let's make believe we're ninjas.

What is the difference between a samurai and a ninja?

Tom is dressed like a ninja.

Tom is dressed like a ninja.

Nowadays there are no ninjas or samurais in Japan.

"I heard that 70% of Japanese are ninjas. Is it true?" "Where did you hear that from?"

I like the one-sided view foreigners have of Japan. It makes me happy when ninjas, hentai anime, samurai and stuff like that come up.

Kamui no Ken was a sort of samurai/ninja story set during the transition of the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the re-establishment of Japan under the Emperor Meiji in 1868.