samurai - feudal Japanese military aristocracy

ninja - a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations

Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

Asian, Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia

Ryukyuan - a member of the Japanese people living on the Ryukyu islands southwest of Japan

Jap, Nip - a person of Japanese descent

geisha, geisha girl - a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing

ninja - a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu

samurai - a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy

shogun - a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68