Any covert operative for any reason could be described as a ninja in the literal sense. I can say this confidently because the kanji words are Chinese, and I can read Chinese, and Japanese people are very literal when it comes to Chinese words, arguably even moreso than Chinese people themselves.
But I'm not a language expert. "Ninja" in English, I believe, is translated as a warrior who uses ninjutsu. "Ninjutsu" also has kanji words with it, which would be translated as "technique of the enduring," which in a literal sense would include people on a stakeout.
But is it "ninjutsu" in the colloquial sense, as a Japanese person would understand it? No.
They were guerallia fighters in the mountains. The black pyjamas are a Hollywood thing (at best, they imitate the people who moved screens in stage plays, and the outfit was meant to suggest they weren't in the play). It's more appropriate to say Hollywood ninjas would have been the worst at their job.
The real ninjas apparently hide quite well, since everyone is staring at the guy in black who is chucking throwing stars and smoke bombs.
Isn't Ninja just the Japanese word for spy/assassin? Does that make Putin a former Ninja?
Ninja literally just means person who endures, or person who waits (nin = wait or endures, ja = person).
So, cops on a stakeout are ninjas?
Any covert operative for any reason could be described as a ninja in the literal sense. I can say this confidently because the kanji words are Chinese, and I can read Chinese, and Japanese people are very literal when it comes to Chinese words, arguably even moreso than Chinese people themselves.
But I'm not a language expert. "Ninja" in English, I believe, is translated as a warrior who uses ninjutsu. "Ninjutsu" also has kanji words with it, which would be translated as "technique of the enduring," which in a literal sense would include people on a stakeout.
But is it "ninjutsu" in the colloquial sense, as a Japanese person would understand it? No.
Head ninja in charge would like a word with you
no one suspects the canadian ninja
No one suspects the Spanish Inquisition
Goddamnit they did it again Susan
Unlike the kgb, navy seals, sas etc lol
He said ninjas not military special forces.
This is true. In my country, we have
Oh we do know them, just by different names
We're on to you and know where you live.
Hey guys i found one!
… hold on someone's at my door…
Nah worst were the assassins in the Middle East , they were well connected
At least the got the plug for hashish.
They were guerallia fighters in the mountains. The black pyjamas are a Hollywood thing (at best, they imitate the people who moved screens in stage plays, and the outfit was meant to suggest they weren't in the play). It's more appropriate to say Hollywood ninjas would have been the worst at their job.
The real ninjas apparently hide quite well, since everyone is staring at the guy in black who is chucking throwing stars and smoke bombs.
Scottish Ninjas make zero noise. It's the midnight black kilts.
Yeah, and I learned from Mike Myers that they practice the ancient Scottish martial art of Fuk-yu.
The ninja are only there to distract you from
They are the caused by the side effects of the atomic bombing
take my updoot