shinobu
Noun
Meaning
shinobu (plural shinobu)
The rabbit's-foot fern (Davallia)
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Examples
As Oden holds his vassals above his head, as he burns alive in a giant white hot cauldron, Shinobu reveals all the sacrifices that the wandering samurai has made for his people.
For example, Yoshinori Watanabe headed the Yamaguchi-gumi fifth; on his retirement, Shinobu Tsukasa became head of the Yamaguchi-gumi sixth, and "Yamaguchi-gumi VI" is the group's formal name.
Recently Shinobu Tsukasa and Kunio Inoue, the bosses of the two most powerful clans in the Yamaguchi-gumi, are from Kyushu.
Just about every panel of this chapter contains some sort of nod to other character's reincarnations, with former Hashiras Uzui, Kanae, Shinobu, Himejima, Tokito, Iguro and Kanroji all making cameos during the trio's journey to school.