Moto 忍: Endure; Bear; Put Up WithKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ニン
- Kun'yomi
- しの(ぶ)、しの(ばせる)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 107 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ニン)
- 忍耐にんたいendurance; perseverance
- 堪忍袋かんにんぶくろone's store of patience
- 忍者にんじゃninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
- 残忍ざんにんbrutal; cruel
- ならぬ堪忍するが堪忍ならぬかんにんするがかんにんto endure what is unendurable is true endurance
- 上忍じょうにんNinja clan master; highest-ranking ninja
- 下忍げにんlow-ranking ninja
- 中忍ちゅうにんninja commander
- 勘忍かんにんpatience; forbearance
- 堅忍けんにんperseverance
- 堅忍不抜けんにんふばつindomitable perseverance; invincible fortitude
- 堅忍持久けんにんじきゅうdogged perseverance; untiring patience
- 堪忍かんにんpatience; forbearance
- 堪忍袋の緒が切れるかんにんぶくろのおがきれるto be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore
- 忍にんendurance; forbearance
- 忍の一字にんのいちじpatience is the only way
- 忍具にんぐninja implement (shuriken, etc.)
- 忍刀にんとうNinja sword
- 忍受にんじゅenduring and accepting; submitting (to)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 忍びしのびstealth
- 忍び寄るしのびよるto creep; to steal up
- 忍び込むしのびこむto creep in; to steal in
- 忍ぶしのぶto conceal oneself; to hide
- お忍びおしのびtravelling incognito (traveling)
- たえ忍ぶたえしのぶto put up with; to endure
- 世を忍ぶよをしのぶto hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society
- 人目を忍ぶひとめをしのぶto avoid being seen; to be clandestine
- 堪え忍ぶたえしのぶto put up with; to endure
- 声を忍ばせてこえをしのばせてin a subdued voice
- 御忍びおしのびtravelling incognito (traveling)
- 御忍び駕籠おしのびかごspecial palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
- 忍ばせるしのばせるto conceal; to hide
- 忍びがたいしのびがたいintolerable; unbearable
- 忍びないしのびないcannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
- 忍びの者しのびのものninja
- 忍びの術しのびのじゅつart of stealth (i.e. ninjutsu)
- 忍びやかしのびやかstealthy; secret
- 忍びよるしのびよるto creep; to steal up
- 忍び会いしのびあいclandestine meeting (e.g. for lovers); rendezvous
- 忍び入るしのびいるto steal or sneak or slip into
- 忍び六具しのびろくぐthe six tools of the ninja
- 忍び出ししのびだしsneaking out; creeping out
- 忍び出すしのびだすto sneak out; to creep out
- 忍び刀しのびがたなNinja sword
- 忍び声しのびごえwhispering
- 忍び忍びしのびしのびstealthily
- 忍び歩きしのびあるきtravelling incognito (traveling)
- 忍び泣きしのびなきquiet weeping
- 忍び泣くしのびなくto shed silent tears
- 忍び笑いしのびわらいstifled laugh; chuckling
- 忍び足しのびあしstealthy steps; soft steps
- 忍び返ししのびがえしbamboo wall-top spikes (or wood, iron); spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves
- 忍び逢いしのびあいclandestine meeting (e.g. for lovers); rendezvous
- 忍び難いしのびがたいintolerable; unbearable
- 忍び音しのびねwhispering; quiet weeping
- 忍ぶ髷しのぶわげwomen's hairstyle (first appearing during the mid-18th century)
Other readings
- 堪忍ぶたえしのぶto put up with; to endure
- 忍び文字しのびもじNinja script
- 忍会しのびあいclandestine meeting (e.g. for lovers); rendezvous
- 忍冬すいかずらJapanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
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