Q 01/05
A) One who sees
B) Shadow under the eaves
C) Grass
D) Macaque on the roof
Answer · why
Other colloquialisms included monomi ("one who sees"), rappa ("ruffian") and kusa ("grass"); "ninja" itself was rarely used.
Q 02/05
A) To steal away; to hide
B) To strike from above
C) To serve without honor
D) To walk on water
Answer · why
By extension it also means "to forbear", which is how the word came to stand for stealth and invisibility.
Q 03/05
A) Bakufu
B) Sohei
C) Ikki
D) Ronin
Answer · why
The jizamurai who formed them sold their services as mercenaries and spies across the nearby regions.
Q 04/05
A) Nara
B) Shiga
C) Gifu
D) Wakayama
Answer · why
Neighbouring Iga, the other ninja heartland, is in Mie Prefecture.
Q 05/05
A) Oda Nobunaga
B) Takeda Shingen
C) Uesugi Kenshin
D) Date Masamune
Answer · why
His son had tried two years earlier with 8,000 men and was ambushed at Nagano Pass.
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