ninjutsu

English

Alternative forms

• ninjitsu

Etymology

From Japanese 忍術 (ninjutsu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪnd͡ʒɪtsu/
• (uncommon) IPA^(key): /nɪnd͡ʒutsu/

Noun

ninjutsu (uncountable)

1. (martial arts) A Japanese martial art that is a collection of techniques originally practiced for Japanese espionage purposes, and includes methods of gathering information, nondetection, avoidance, and misdirection techniques. Used by ninja (忍者).

Synonyms

• ninpo
• ninjitsu

Coordinate terms

• kunoichi (a female ninja)
• shinobi (a male ninja)
• ninja (a warrior that practices ninjutsu)

Translations

ninjutsu

• Arabic: نِينْجُوتْسُو m (nīnjūtsū)
• Belarusian: ніндзю́цу n (nindzjúcu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 忍術／忍术 (zh) (rěnshù), 忍法 (zh) (rěnfǎ)

• Czech: nindžucu
• Esperanto: ninĵucuo
• German: Ninjutsu n
• Hebrew: נינג'יטסו
• Japanese: 忍術 (ja) (ninjutsu), 忍術 (ja) (にんじゅつ, ninjutsu), 忍法 (ja) (にんぽう, ninpō)
• Korean: 인술(忍術) (insul)
• Malay: ninjutsu
• Persian: نینجوتسو (ninjutsu)
• Portuguese: ninjutsu (pt) m
• Russian: ниндзю́цу (ru) n (nindzjúcu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нинђуцу, нинђицу

  Roman: ninđucu, ninđicu

• Slovene: nindžucu
• Ukrainian: ніндзю́цу n (nindzjúcu)
• Vietnamese: nhẫn thuật (忍術)

Japanese

Romanization

ninjutsu

1. Rōmaji transcription of にんじゅつ

Polish

Alternative forms

• ninjitsu

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ninjutsu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲinˈd͡ʑut.su/, /ɲinˈd͡ʐut.su/
• Rhymes: -utsu
• Syllabification: nin‧jut‧su

Noun

ninjutsu n (indeclinable)

1. (espionage, historical, martial arts) ninjutsu (Japanese martial art that is a collection of techniques originally practiced for Japanese espionage purposes, and includes methods of gathering information, nondetection, avoidance, and misdirection techniques)

   Coordinate term: ninja

Further reading

• ninjutsu in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /nĩˈʒit.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nĩˈʒi.tsu/

Noun

ninjutsu m (uncountable)

1. (martial arts) ninjutsu (Japanese martial art used for espionage)