Definition of ninja Ninja
/nɪˈnʤʌ/ - [ninju] -
We found 10 definitions of ninja from 4 different sources.
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What does ninja mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: ninjas |
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| ninja - a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations | ||
| social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) | ||
| nipponese, japanese the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese | ||
| ninja - a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu | ||
| mercenary, soldier of fortune a person hired to fight for another country than their own | ||
| ninja a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations | ||
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Wiktionary 
- ninja (Noun)
A person trained primarily in stealth, espionage, assassination and the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu. - ninja (Noun)
A Mongolian amateurish private miner mainly for gold; after the shape of the plastic bowls used to wash metal ore with mercury, roughly resembling one of the Mutant Ninja Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . - ninja (Noun)
Juggalo version of the epithet " nigga". - ninja (Verb)
To act in the manner of a ninja, especially in the areas of speed and power. - ninja (Verb)
To claim an item in a game by abusing game mechanics, often despite having no real need for the item or ability to use it. - ninja (Verb)
To post a response on a message board immediately before someone else unknowingly posts a response saying the same thing.
Wikipedia 
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A Ninja is a kind of spy or assassin who lived in Japan beginning in the 14th century.
History.
Ninja (or shinobi) were a mystery in Japanese history. The correct Japanese word for these warriors was shinobi-no-mono. Ninja is easier to say, this is why it is wider used. Ninja warriors created secret associations and participated to many political killings. Their mystery comes from the two ideas: 1) they always participated in secret spy operations and political killings; 2) ninja were hired by heads of army as paid warriors (mercenaries). The art of fighting which was used by ninja was called ninjitsu, which was a combination of shinobi-no-jitsu and shinobi-jitsu.
A ninja was always considered a superman, who was able to fly and who possessed extra natural skills. Ninja existed during the entire history of Japan, but only at the beginning of 15th century ninja became specially trained people. They mainly trained in the region of Iga and Koga.
Ninja were involved in samurai wars and were hired by samurai for different missions. But at the same time samurai didn't accepted them as noble warriors, because most of the ninja came from lower social levels. They were dangerous and could not be controlled. Their methods of fighting didn't fit the samurai code. Japanese land lords (daimyo) widely used the services of the Iga and Koga ninja in the period of 1485-1581. But in 1581, one of the three daimyo who united Japan – Oda Nobunaga attacked ninja from Iga province. The ninja remain
Part of speech
🔤- ninja, noun, singular of ninjas.
