忍びの者
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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忍 | 者 |
しの Grade: S |
もの Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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忍びの者 (kyūjitai) 忍の者 |
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
- [from 1689] (historical) a person trained in the art of stealth, acting as a spy, saboteur, and/or assassin
Derived terms edit
- 忍者 (ninja)
See also edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “忍の者”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ “忍びの者”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN