ninjutsu

English

Etymology

From Japanese 忍術 (ninjutsu にんじゅつ), from Middle Chinese 忍 (nyín "to forbear") + 術 (ʑwit "technique").

Noun

ninjutsu (uncountable)

(martial arts) A Japanese martial art that is a collection of techniques originally practiced for Japanese espionage purposes, and includes methods of gathering information, nondetection, avoidance, and misdirection techniques. Used by ninja (忍者).

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

kunoichi (a female ninja)
shinobi (a male ninja)
ninja (a warrior that practices ninjutsu)

Translations

ninjutsu

Arabic: نِينْجُوتْسُو‎‎ m (ninjutsū), نِين جُوتْسُو‎‎ m (nin jutsū)
Belarusian: ніндзюцу n (nindzjúcu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 忍術 (zh), 忍术 (zh) (rěnshù), 忍法 (rěnfǎ)
Czech: nindžucu
Esperanto: ninĵucuo
German: Ninjutsu n
Hebrew: נינג'יטסו‎‎
Japanese: 忍術 (ja) (ninjutsu), 忍術 (ja) (にんじゅつ, ninjutsu), 忍法 (ja) (にんぽう, ninpō)
Korean: 인술 (insul) (忍術)

Malay: ninjutsu
Persian: نینجوتسو‎‎ (ninjutsu)
Portuguese: ninjutsu (pt) m
Russian: ниндзю́цу (ru) n (nindzjúcu)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: нинђуцу, нинђицу

Roman: ninđucu, ninđicu
Slovene: nindžucu
Ukrainian: ніндзюцу n (nindzjúcu)
Vietnamese: nhẫn thuật (忍術)

Japanese

Romanization

ninjutsu

Rōmaji transcription of にんじゅつ

Portuguese

Noun

ninjutsu m (uncountable)

(martial arts) ninjutsu (Japanese martial art used for espionage)

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