ninjutsu

English

Alternative forms

ninjitsu

Etymology

From Japanese 忍術 (ninjutsu).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ninjutsu (uncountable)

(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

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

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)

(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): /nĩˈʒut.su/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /nĩˈʒu.tsu/

Noun

ninjutsu m (uncountable)

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

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