Hattori Hanzo

Also known as Masashige. The son of a certain Hattori Yasunaga, Hanzo, who would earn the nickname 'Devil Hanzo', served Tokugawa Ieyasu loyally and usefully. His nickname - Devil Hanzo - was not only to pay homage to his skills but also to distinguish him from another Tokugawa 'ninja', Watanabe Hanzo. Hattori, who fought his first battle at the age of 16, went on to serve at Anegawa (1570) and Mikatagahara (1572), but his most valuable contribution came in 1582, following Oda Nobunaga's death. At that time Tokugawa and his retainers had been staying near Ôsaka and learned of the assassination only just in time to avoid being detained by Akechi Mitsuhide's troops. But they were by no means out of the woods. Mikawa was still a long way away, and Akechi men would be combing the roads for them. At this point, Hanzo suggested that they take a route through Iga province, as he had ties with the samurai there. In addition, Ieyasu had sheltered survivors from Nobunaga's bloody invasion of that province in 1580 and those who knew of this would certainly be well disposed to offer assistance. Honda Tadakatsu sent Hanzo on ahead, and, as hoped, the Iga men agreed not only to guide them along back roads, but also to provide them with an escort. At length, Tokugawa and his band returned to Mikawa safely. The same could not be said for Anayama Beisetsu, a recent Tokugawa addition who had insisted on taking a different route.

Hattori Hanzo is one of the most famous Ninja's in history.

by I hate bad grammar. April 24, 2004

hanzade

hanzade is the girl u can't forget. Her laugh is extremely loud and funny. There is no way of feeling depressed when she is by your side. She'll make the most stupid thing into something you'll laugh your ass off for hours. This midget will lighten up your life. but be careful there is a tiger inside when it comes to ...

>Is that the fire alarm?!

-oh no it's just hanzade's laugh
-oh wait maybe she pressed the fire alarm button, that's also probable

by realmasterofwords December 5, 2020

Hanzo-main

An Overwatch player who refuses to pick any hero other than Hanzo. These players are hated by the community and are seen as toxic. Most Hanzo mains are really bad at the game, they act like that because they have no friends and none of their family members care about them, so they lash out on people online because there are no repercussions to their actions.

The Hanzo-main is throwing the game, he hasn't gotten a single kill all game.

by 10quid January 4, 2017

hanzo switch

Every Hanzo main hears this on comp in overwatch.

Someone picks Hanzo.
Everyone else: HANZO SWITCH.

by Well I'm... you know... Urban March 6, 2017

Hanzel

Hanzel \ha(n)-zel\ as a boy's name is a variant of Hans (Scandinavian, German, Danish, Hebrew), and the meaning of Hanzel is "God is gracious".

Yo Hanzel!

by sugoister January 11, 2013

Hanze

Verb: getting dicked by a cactus laced with HIV positive blood while screaming out all the names of your relatives in alphabetical order, then proceeding to snap thy neck with a sharpened rubix cube.

Twat 1: hey did you hear what happened with Twat 2?
Twat 3: all i know is that he died, do you know how?
Twat 1: oh yeah, I injected him with octopus sperm and he hanzed himself.
Twat 3: that sucks man, you still have some octocum?

(and everybody clapped)

by seasonal diaspora October 12, 2018

hanzi

Chinese written character. One of the oldest continually used writing systems to date. Characters are ideographic, meaning that they represent the meaning of the word, as opposed to phonetic, which means you will not be able to learn how to speak Chinese just by reading it. Hanzi is used to write Chinese, Japanese, to some extent in Korean, and Vietnamese until the occupation of France.

Since one has to memorize thousands of hanzi, it is very difficult to read Chinese.

Because so many homophones exist in Chinese, due to the fact that every word only has one syllable, the Chinese cannot simply stop writing hanzi.

by Gaijin-san January 9, 2013