![]() Notice that this second character is also used as 'mono' in my example of 'shinobi no mono'. The second character (者) simply means person (sha, or ja in this case). The first character in the word 'ninja' (忍者) has an alternate pronunication from the one given above (called the on-reading), that of 'nin', again with the same sneakyness-meaning. Ok, with me so far? I'm not too good at explanations. Abbreviated, you get 'shinobi' referring to these sneaky ninja guys. Now, to indicate someone is what we would call a ninja/sneak thief/incognito traveller, you could use 'shinobi no mono' (忍びの者), or, roughly translated, a person of sneaking. It can be seen as the verb 'shinobu', or to sneak around (there are other meanings as well, but this is the relevant one here). The first character that makes up the word ninja is '忍'. The word ninja is made up of two different 'kanji', characters that have (often several different) pronunciations and meanings.
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