English Dictionary

ninja

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈnɪndʒə/

名詞

比喩的用法

(martial arts) A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.

日本語の意味

忍者：忍術を習得し、特に日本の封建時代において、諜報、暗殺、その他の隠密行動を行うために訓練された人。

At dawn, the ninja slipped through the castle gardens to retrieve the scroll without being seen.

夜明けに、忍者は城の庭をこっそり抜けて、誰にも見られずに巻物を取り戻した。

意味（1）

(martial arts) A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.

The men... are now learning to be ninja or ‘stealers-in’.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A person considered similarly skillful to the historical ninja, especially in covert or stealthy operation.

For months the Japanese spoke of national-security adviser Henry Kissinger as a ninja—the magician of Japanese legends who performs supernatural acts and practices sorcery.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A person considered to look like the historical ninja in some way, including (Mongolia, historical slang) amateur private miners.

He immediately suspected they were ninjas because, he said, they were dressed in black and wore masks, trademarks of the mysterious assassins who have been sowing terror across East Java in recent months.

意味（4）

(Juggalo slang) Synonym of man as a friendly term of address.

What up, my ninja!

ninja （ plural ）

ninjas （ plural ）