Keyword
ninja
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig642
Readings
しの
(47%)
にん
(36%)
す
(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 (115 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
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to conceal; to hide
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)
endurance; perseverance; patience
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); shinobu-wake (Edo-period women's hairstyle); clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
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
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
to abide one's shame
with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily
to be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore
hi!; yo!; hey man!; yessir!; understood!
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 up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
stealthy; secret
endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint
to sneak out; to slip out; to slip away; to leave secretly
ninja house; ninja residence
submission; resignation
brutal (nature); brutality; blood lust; cruelty; ferocity
Ninja clan master; highest-ranking ninja
low-ranking ninja
(so miserable that it is) painful to look at; painful to watch
intolerable; unbearable
Ninja sword
travelling incognito (traveling); quiet steps; creeping around
patience; endurance; undercover ninja; embedded ninja
stealthy footsteps; walking on tiptoe
ninja implement (shuriken, etc.)
endurance; perseverance; patience
endurance; stoicism
forbearance (in the face of difficulty, persecution, etc.); garlic
perseverance
ninja commander
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
intolerable; unbearable
whispering; quiet weeping
cruel and inhuman; brutal; merciless
art of stealth (i.e. ninjutsu)
bamboo wall-top spikes (or wood, iron); spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves
quiet weeping
to shed silent tears
indomitable perseverance; invincible fortitude
(behaving with) patience and prudence; putting up with something
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
cruel; heartless; brutal; atrocious
patience is the only way
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 (hardships, inconveniences, etc.); tolerating; accepting
enduring and accepting; submitting (to)
travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
hi!; yo!; hey man!; yessir!; understood!
carrying out operations in the open (of a ninja)
runaway ninja; fugitive ninja
atrocious and cold-blooded; cruel; brutal; merciless
silent clap (done during a funeral or during certain rites at the Ise Grand Shrine)
clandestine meeting (e.g. for lovers); rendezvous; tryst; secret meeting
tolerable limit; human limits; maximum permissible limit
clandestine meeting (e.g. for lovers); rendezvous; tryst; secret meeting
cruel; heartless; brutal; atrocious
runaway ninja; fugitive ninja
anutpattika-dharma-ksanti (recognition that nothing really arises or perishes)
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
utterly callous; atrociously brutal; cruel and inhuman
dogged perseverance; untiring patience
carrying out covert operations without being seen (of a ninja)
weeping fern (Lepisorus thunbergianus)
silent clap (done during a funeral or during certain rites at the Ise Grand Shrine)
to endure what is unendurable is true endurance
anutpattika-dharma-ksanti (recognition that nothing really arises or perishes)
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
patience; endurance; undercover ninja; embedded ninja
Alpine leek (Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum)
clandestine meeting (e.g. for lovers); rendezvous; tryst; secret meeting
to endure what is unendurable is true endurance
Polemonium caeruleum subsp. yezoense var. nipponicum (variety of Jacob's ladder)
to live on love
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)
Examples (55 in total)
That is not something one can easily sneak into.
So, does that mean someone snuck into that room first?
An ordinary person can never sneak in.