Nindža
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Nindža (japanski 忍者, engleski ninja) je agent špijunaže, sabotaže, i assassination u feudalnom Japanu (od Kamakura perioda do Edo perioda), koji su služili feudalnim pravilima (daimyo-a ili shogun-a).
[izmijeni] Etymology
Ninja is a Sino-Japanese compound derived from the two kanji (japanski simboli kineskog porijekla) korišteni za pisanje shinobi-no-mono (忍の者), jedno od nativnih japaneskih riječi for people who practice ninjutsu (ponekad transliterated kao ninjitsu). Ninja i shinobi-no-mono, zajedno sa shinobi, (druga varijanta), postaje popular in the post-World War II fonetski sa kanji-om 志能備, has been traced as far back as Japan's Asuka period, when Prince Shotoku is alleged to have employed one of his retainers as a ninja.
The underlying connotation of shinobi (忍, izgovoreno nin in Sino-Japanese compounds) je "učiniti tiho" ili "to do so as not to be perceived by others" and—by extension—"to forebear," hence its association with stealth and invisibility. Mono (者, takođe izgovoreno sha ili ja) znači "osoba." Nin u ninjutsu-u je isto kao što u ninja, whereas jutsu (術) znači skill ili vještina, tako da ninjutsu znači "the skill of going unperceived" ili "the art of stealth"; hence, ninja and shinobi-no-mono (kao i shinobi) može biti prevedeno kao "one skilled in the art of stealth." Slično, the pre-war word ninjutsu-zukai znači "onaj koji koristi vještinu of remaining unperceived."