Keyword
ninja
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig642
Readings
しの
(46%)
にん
(34%)
(1%)
っす
(1%)
Composed of
edge (of a knife or sword)
heart
Mnemonic

A ninja sneaks up behind you, placing the edge of his sword against your neck. In that moment your heart stops. You already know it's over for you.

Used in kanji (3 in total)
admit
splashed dye pattern
hare's foot fern
Used in vocabulary (110 in total)
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
to conceal; to hide
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
endurance; perseverance; patience
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
stealthy steps; soft steps
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.
to abide one's shame
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily
hi!; yo!; hey man!; hey dude!
to be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore
persevering; very patient
one's store of patience
to steal or sneak or slip into
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
stealthy; secret
ninja house; ninja residence
endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint
submission; resignation
Ninja clan master; highest-ranking ninja
brutal (nature); brutality; blood lust; cruelty; ferocity
(so miserable that it is) painful to look at; painful to watch
low-ranking ninja
patience; endurance; undercover ninja; embedded ninja
travelling incognito (traveling); quiet steps; creeping around
ninja implement (shuriken, etc.)
intolerable; unbearable
stealthy footsteps; walking on tiptoe
endurance; stoicism
endurance; perseverance; patience
Ninja sword
forbearance (in the face of difficulty, persecution, etc.); garlic
perseverance
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
intolerable; unbearable
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
art of stealth (i.e. ninjutsu)
cruel and inhuman; brutal; merciless
quiet weeping
bamboo wall-top spikes (or wood, iron); spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves
ninja commander
whispering; quiet weeping
(behaving with) patience and prudence; putting up with something
to sneak out; to creep out
to shed silent tears
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
indomitable perseverance; invincible fortitude
cruel; brutal; atrocious; merciless
bamboo wall-top spikes (or wood, iron); spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
enduring and accepting; submitting (to)
hi!; yo!; hey man!; hey dude!
patience is the only way
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
runaway ninja; fugitive ninja
ninja working in the open; non-undercover ninja
clandestine meeting (e.g. for lovers); rendezvous; tryst; secret meeting
clandestine meeting (e.g. for lovers); rendezvous; tryst; secret meeting
dogged perseverance; untiring patience
runaway ninja; fugitive ninja
atrocious and cold-blooded; cruel; brutal; merciless
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
anutpattika-dharma-ksanti (recognition that nothing really arises or perishes)
utterly callous; atrociously brutal; cruel and inhuman
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
anutpattika-dharma-ksanti (recognition that nothing really arises or perishes)
to endure what is unendurable is true endurance
weeping fern (Lepisorus thunbergianus)
camouflaged ninja
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
clandestine meeting (e.g. for lovers); rendezvous; tryst; secret meeting
Alpine leek (Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum)
to endure what is unendurable is true endurance
to live on love
sneaking out; creeping out
the six tools of the ninja
shinobu-wake; mid-18th century women's hairstyle consisting of a chignon with a small ring of hair on either side fastened with a hairpin
shinobu-wake; mid-18th century women's hairstyle consisting of a chignon with a small ring of hair on either side fastened with a hairpin
clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
tolerability (e.g. of a drug dose)
trumpet honeysuckle; Lonicera sempervirens
ninja lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi)
Japanese claw fern (Onychium japonicum); carrot fern
Polemonium kiushianum (species of Jacob's ladder)
Polemonium caeruleum subsp. yezoense var. nipponicum (variety of Jacob's ladder)
Examples (50 in total)
He's a ninja.
Nowadays there are no ninjas or samurais in Japan.
I noticed him sneak into the room.