くノ一

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一
いち
Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

From the three strokes of the kanji 女 (“woman”).[1] The first character is a hiragana, the second character is a katakana, the third character is a kanji.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くノいち [kùnóꜜìchì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟no̞it͡ɕi]

Noun

くノ一(いち) or くノ一(いち) • (kunoichi) 

  1. a kunoichi (female ninja)
  2. synonym of 女 (onna, “woman”)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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