忍術

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 忍術 is read as にんじゅつ and is a noun for ninja arts, the traditional or fictional techniques associated with stealth, infiltration, escape, and related skills.
• Basic usage: Learning ninja arts from an old scroll appears in 忍術を学ぶ, while performing ninja arts on stage appears in 忍術を演じる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A body of techniques and its portrayal
  • It can refer to techniques in tradition and history or to their staged or fictional portrayal using effects.
• Difference from 忍者
  • Unlike the word for the ninja as a person, this term names the techniques learned or portrayed.