Shinobi Ranking

1) Academy student

2) gennin

3) chuunin

4) tokubetsu jounin

5) jounin

6) Kage

7) ANBU [recruited from every rank, mostly jounin]

Letter Rating (Lowest to Highest)

E

D

C

B

A

S

SS

Mission Types

D-rank (chores for villagers)

C-rank (escort, scroll delivery, etc.)

B-rank (same as C but with a high possibility of fighting foreign ninja)

A-rank (minor assignations, seduction missions, fighting ninja of B-rank or higher)

S-rank (high danger missions, likely to die on them, and political in nature, such as getting rid of a foreign politician)

SS-RANK (you have a five percent chance of living)

Ninja Nouns

Ninja (general, mostly used by children and some civilians)

Shinobi (usually talking about a male ninja but can mean the plural, and less childish, form of ninja)

Kunoichi (usually a female ninja, can also mean the one that is seducing or the one in the ninja form of the uke position)

Kage

Hokage - Fire Country

Mizukage - Water Country

Kazekage - Wind Country

Tsuchikage - Earth Country

Raikage - Lightning Country

Kage Numbering

1) Shodaime

2) Nidaime

3) Sandaime

4) Yondaime

5) Godaime

6) Rokudaime

7) Nanadaime