ninjitsu

1. 1.

   the traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage

   Synonymsninjutsu

   Broadermartial art

   Japan

Other forms of ninjitsu

plural

ninjitsus·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ninjitsu

What does ninjitsu mean?

ninjitsu means "the traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage".

How many syllables are in ninjitsu?

ninjitsu has 3 syllables: nin-jit-su. The stress falls on "nin".

What is another word for ninjitsu?

Close synonyms include ninjutsu. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ninjitsu a common word?

ninjitsu is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.