御庭番

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
にわ
Grade: 3
ばん
Grade: 2
kun’yomi on’yomi

Noun[edit]

()(にわ)(ばん) (oniwaban

  1. A group of onmitsu, government-employed undercover agents, established by the 8th Tokugawa shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684–1751). Sometimes described as ninja.

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