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02-01-2009, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by raasaa View Post
I am under the impression that using -nin as a suffix refers to Ninja. So, by se-nin, i mean Sage Ninja or Hermit Ninja......if that is correct.
(sen) せん (仙) - Hermit/wizard
(nin) にん (人) - people/person
(sennin) せんにん (仙人) - I'm guessing this is what KyleGoetz was thinking of, which is infact "legendary wizard" or a "mountain man" ie. a hermit

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Originally Posted by raasaa View Post
I thught the nin suffix already means Ninja. So Yo-nin, means 4 Ninja.....and Densetsu means Legendary.......
(nin) にん (人) - people/person
(yon) よん (四) - 4, 四人 means 4 people
(densetsu) でんせつ (伝説) - Legend
(ninja) にんじゃ (忍者) - well obviously ninja means ninja
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