忍びの者

Japanese
Kanji in this term
忍 者
しの
Grade: S		 もの
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
忍びの者 (kyūjitai)
忍の者

Etymology

Compound phrase comprised of 忍び (shinobi, “sneaking”, 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”)) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 者 (mono, “person”). Literally a “sneaking person, person of sneaking”.[1][2][3][4]

First cited to a text from 1689.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しのびのもの​ [shìnóbí nó mónóꜜ] (Odaka – [6])[3][4]
  • IPA(key): [ɕino̞bʲi no̞ mo̞no̞]

Noun

忍(しの)びの者(もの) • (shinobi no mono) 

  1. [from 1689] (historical) a person trained in the art of stealth, acting as a spy, saboteur, and/or assassin

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. “忍の者”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “忍びの者”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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