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shinobi-iri

shinobi-iri noun: ninjutsu techniques for stealth and infiltration.

Noun

shinobi-iri (uncountable)

  1. ninjutsu techniques for stealth and infiltration
    • You had so much success with shinobi-iri — but both your mind and your body have been severely strained lately.2004, Carrie Asai, The Book of the Pearl, page 42

Origin of shinobi-iri

Japanese 忍び入り (“to sneak into?”)

Questions about shinobi-iri

What does shinobi-iri mean?
Shinobi-iri means ninjutsu techniques for stealth and infiltration.
What part of speech is shinobi-iri?
Shinobi-iri is a noun.

Words near shinobi-iri in the dictionary

  1. shinny
  2. shinnying
  3. Shino ware
  4. Shino wares
  5. shinobi
  6. shinobi-iri
  7. shinobis
  8. shinobu
  9. shinobue
  10. Shinoda
  11. Shinodas

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