In Search of the Niinja (54 page)

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Uke ‘life Jacket’ – a tool needed for swimming

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Kunai ‘digging tool’ – a tool needed to climb up a stone wall or used when digging away at a clay wall

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Hikinawa ‘pulling rope’ – a tool needed to cross over a place you are unfamiliar with

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Uchikagi ‘grappling hook’ – a tool needed when you cross over a fence or wall

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Makuribashi ‘rolled ladder’ – a tool needed when you cross over a fence or wall

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Nokogiri ‘saws’ – a tool needed when cutting through a fence or wall – it has an edge on both sides.

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Kamanata ‘the sickle hatchet’ – a tool needed to cut something, it is the same as the normal version

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Hakagi ‘winged key’ – a tool needed to probe for Kuroro door-latches

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Do[nohi] ‘fire carrying tool’ – a tool needed to carry fire

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Torinoko ‘fire egg’ – a tool needed to make fire

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Taimatsu ‘torches’ – a tool needed at the time of Youchi night attacks

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Shinobi Chouchin ‘shinobi lantern’ – a tool needed to observe a guardhouse or any other such place

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Nobusuma ‘field blanket’ – when you lay ambush in a field, have your men ‘wear’ this

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Nagabukuro ‘the long bag’ – a tool needed when you are cutting through a wall