忍者
Chinese
editto bear; to endure; to tolerate to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself |
‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth) | ||
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trad. (忍者) | 忍 | 者 | |
simp. #(忍者) | 忍 | 者 |
Etymology
editOrthographic borrowing from Japanese 忍者 (ninja).
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˇ ㄓㄜˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rěnjhě
- Wade–Giles: jên3-chê3
- Yale: rěn-jě
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reenjee
- Palladius: жэньчжэ (žɛnʹčžɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jan2 ze2
- Yale: yán jé
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan2 dze2
- Guangdong Romanization: yen2 zé2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐn³⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jím-chiá
- Tâi-lô: jím-tsiá
- Phofsit Daibuun: jymciar
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /zim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lím-chiá
- Tâi-lô: lím-tsiá
- Phofsit Daibuun: lymciar
- IPA (Taipei): /lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
edit忍者
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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忍 | 者 |
にん Grade: S |
しゃ > じゃ Grade: 3 |
goon |
Alternative spelling |
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忍者 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
editUncertain.
The most consistent term in the historical record appears to be 忍び (shinobi, “sneaking, hiding”), 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”). This in turn was extended into 忍びの者 (shinobi no mono, “sneaking person, person of sneaking”),[1][2] cited to a text from 1689.[1]
This ninja reading became more common in Japanese in the modern era,[1] possibly due to a number of popular manga series after World War Two. This reading may have arisen as a shift in reading of the kun'yomi phrase 忍びの者 (shinobi no mono), applying the on'yomi to the kanji alone to create a kanji-compound term.
The sha changes to ja as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- a ninja (person trained in stealth, espionage, assassination and ninjutsu)
- 2011 April 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第三百三十七訓 だいじょぶだ〰 (Dai-sanbyakusanjūnana-kun Daijobu Da~, “Lesson 337: It’s Gonna Be Okay~”)”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 39 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
- いやぁ このデリケートな時期によくやるな お前 あの雑食性一晩であれだけの数をさばくタフさ そして何よりその早さ……お前 忍者にならねーか?
- Iyā kono derikēto na jiki ni yoku yaru na omae Ano zasshokusei hitoban de are dake no kazu o sabaku tafusa soshite nani yori sono hayasa…… Omae ninja ni naranē ka?
- But you did really well in such a delicate situation. That toughness to omnivorously handle so many in one night, and that speed above all… You wanna be a ninja?
- Ninja ni sonna subayasa iranē daro‼
- A ninja doesn’t need that kinda speed!!
- いやぁ このデリケートな時期によくやるな お前 あの雑食性一晩であれだけの数をさばくタフさ そして何よりその早さ……お前 忍者にならねーか?
Derived terms
edit- 忍者烏鮫 (ninja karasuzame, “ninja lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi)”)
Descendants
edit- Chinese:
- → Danish: ninja
- → English: ninja
- → French: ninja
- → German: Ninja
- → Korean: 닌자 (ninja)
- → Macedonian: нинџа (nindža)
- → Portuguese: ninja
- → Russian: ни́ндзя (níndzja)
- → Vietnamese: nhẫn giả
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Vietnamese
editchữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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忍 | 者 |
Noun
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