忍者|にんじゃninja[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- nounninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym忍びの者しのびのものWrittenLiterary synonym of 忍者 referring to the same covert agent of feudal Japan; appropriate in narrative or historical prose, while 忍者 remains the neutral choice elsewhere.
忍者 is the neutral, default term for a ninja; choose 忍びの者 when writing in a literary register, such as historical or narrative prose about feudal covert agents.
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