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Where does “ninjutsu” come from?

ninjutsu (English) comes from Japanese 忍術, from Japanese 術, from Middle Chinese 術.

ninjutsu (English): A Japanese martial art that is a collection of...

Definitions

  1. A Japanese martial art that is a collection of...

Ancestry of “ninjutsu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese忍術ninjutsu
2Japanese術technique; art; way, means
3Middle Chinese術—
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