忍者
Chinese[edit]
to bear; to endure; to tolerate to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself |
‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth) | ||
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trad. (忍者) | 忍 | 者 | |
simp. #(忍者) | 忍 | 者 |
Etymology[edit]
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 忍者 (ninja).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
忍者
- (historical) ninja (covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan)
- person trained primarily in stealth, espionage, assassination
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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忍 | 者 |
にん Grade: S |
しゃ > じゃ Grade: 3 |
goon |
Alternative spelling |
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忍者 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain.
The most consistent term in the historical record appears to be 忍び (shinobi, “sneaking, hiding”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 忍ぶ (shinobu, “to endure, to bear; to hide, to conceal oneself; to sneak into or out of a place”). This in turn was extended into 忍びの者 (shinobi no mono, “sneaking person, person of sneaking”),[1][2] cited to a text from 1689.[1]
This ninja reading became more common in Japanese in the modern era,[1] possibly due to a number of popular manga series after World War Two. This reading may have arisen as a shift in reading of the kun'yomi phrase 忍びの者 (shinobi no mono), applying the on'yomi to the kanji alone to create a kanji-compound term.
The sha changes to ja as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- a ninja (person trained in stealth, espionage, assassination and ninjutsu)
- 2011 April 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第三百三十七訓 だいじょぶだ〰 (Dai-sanbyakusanjūnana-kun Daijobu Da~, “Lesson 337: It’s Gonna Be Okay~”)”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) ([銀](ぎん)[魂](たま)) [Silver Soul], volume 39 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
- いやぁ このデリケートな時期によくやるな お前 あの雑食性一晩であれだけの数をさばくタフさ そして何よりその早さ……お前 忍者にならねーか?
- Iyā kono derikēto na jiki ni yoku yaru na omae Ano zasshokusei hitoban de are dake no kazu o sabaku tafusa soshite nani yori sono hayasa…… Omae ninja ni naranē ka?
- But you did really well in such a delicate situation. That toughness to omnivorously handle so many in one night, and that speed above all… You wanna be a ninja?
- Ninja ni sonna subayasa iranē daro‼
- A ninja doesn’t need that kinda speed!!
- いやぁ このデリケートな時期によくやるな お前 あの雑食性一晩であれだけの数をさばくタフさ そして何よりその早さ……お前 忍者にならねーか?
Derived terms[edit]
- 忍者烏鮫 (ninja karasuzame, “ninja lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi)”)
Descendants[edit]
- Chinese:
- → Danish: ninja
- → English: ninja
- → French: ninja
- → German: Ninja
- → Korean: 닌자 (ninja)
- → Macedonian: нинџа (nindža)
- → Portuguese: ninja
- → Russian: ни́ндзя (níndzja)
- → Vietnamese: nhẫn giả
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Vietnamese[edit]
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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忍 | 者 |
Noun[edit]
忍者
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