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shinobi

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Japanese 忍び

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Japanese · borrowed from忍び
English todayshinobi

From Japanese 忍び (しのび, shinobi), from 忍ぶ (しのぶ, shinobu, “to conceal oneself”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.