Info on the Kanji 忍

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Meaning(s)

endure, bear, put up with, conceal, secrete, spy, sneak

Reading(s)

onyomi NIN
kunyomi shino-bu, shino-baseru

Other

stroke count 7
grade s
jlpt level N1
Example words with 忍
WordMeaning
にん
nin
endurance / forbearance / patience / self-restraint
いんにん
in nin
camouflaged ninja
いんにん
in nin
patience / endurance / undercover ninja / embedded ninja
おうにん
ou nin
greeting used between close male friends / hi! / yes sir! / yo!
したにん
shita nin
low-ranking ninja
かんにん
kannin
pardon / patient endurance / forbearance / forgiveness
かんにん
kannin
pardon / patient endurance / forbearance / forgiveness
けんにん
ken nin
perseverance
けんにん
ken nin
lepisorus thunbergiana
ざんにん
zannin
cruelty / atrocity / brutality
うえにん
ue nin
ninja clan master / highest-ranking ninja
なかにん
naka nin
ninja commander
しのび
shinobi
stealth / travelling incognito / ninjutsu / ninja / sneak theft / sneak thief / tolerance
しのぶ
shinobu
to conceal oneself / to hide / to endure
にんかい
nin kai
clandestine meeting / rendezvous / tryst / secret meeting
にんく
ninku
endurance / stoicism
にんぐ
nin gu
ninja implement
にんじゃ
ninja
ninja
にんじゅう
ninjuu
submission / resignation
にんじゅつ
ninjutsu
ninjutsu / ninja skills in secrecy, stealth and combat techniques
にんじょく
nin joku
forbearance
にんすり
nin suri
clothing patterned using the fern davallia mariesii
にんいし
nin ishi
dendrite
にんたい
nintai
endurance / perseverance / patience
にんふゆ
nin fuyu
japanese honeysuckle
にんかたな
nin katana
ninja sword
にんぽう
ninpou
ninja arts
ぬけにん
nukenin
runaway ninja / fugitive ninja
ようにん
you nin
ninja working in the open / non-undercover ninja
おしのび
o shinobi
travelling incognito / special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
押っおっ忍
otsu
greeting used between close male friends / hi! / yes sir! / yo!
おしのび
o shinobi
travelling incognito / special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
ざんにんせい
zannin sei
brutal
び音しのびおと
shinobi oto
whispering / quiet weeping
び声しのびこえ
shinobi koe
whispering
び足しのびあし
shinobi ashi
stealthy steps / soft steps
び刀しのびかたな
shinobi katana
ninja sword
込むにんこむ
nin komu
to creep in / to steal in
摺りにんすり
nin suri
clothing patterned using the fern davallia mariesii
耐心にんたいこころ
nintai kokoro
endurance / perseverance / patience
耐力にんたいりょく
nintairyoku
fortitude
返しにんかえし
nin kaeshi
bamboo wall-top spikes / spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves
容性にんようせい
nin you sei
tolerability
抜けぬけにん
nuke nin
runaway ninja / fugitive ninja
無生むなまにん
mu nama nin
anutpattika-dharma-ksanti
自重いんにんじちょう
in nin jichou
patience and prudence / putting up with something
堪えこたえしのぶ
kotae shinobu
to put up with / to endure / to bear patiently
持久けんにんじきゅう
ken nin jikyuu
dogged perseverance / untiring patience
不抜けんにんふばつ
ken nin fu batsu
indomitable perseverance / invincible fortitude
酷薄ざんにんこくはく
zannin kokuhaku
cruel / brutal / atrocious / merciless
非情ざんにんひじょう
zannin hijou
utterly callous / atrociously brutal / cruel and inhuman
非道ざんにんひどう
zannin hidou
cruel and inhuman / brutal / merciless
冷酷ざんにんれいこく
zannin reikoku
atrocious and cold-blooded / cruel / brutal / merciless
耐えたえしのぶ
tae shinobu
to put up with / to endure / to bear patiently
突抜とつぬけにんふゆ
totsu nukenin fuyu
trumpet honeysuckle / lonicera sempervirens
の一字しののいちじ
shinono ichiji
patience is the only way
ばせるしのばせる
shinoba seru
to conceal / to hide
びないしのびない
shinobi nai
cannot bring oneself
びの者しのびのもの
shinobi no mono
ninja
びの術しのびのじゅつ
shinobi no jutsu
art of stealth
びやかしのびやか
shinobi yaka
stealthy / secret
び逢いしのびあい
shinobi ai
clandestine meeting / rendezvous / tryst / secret meeting
び会いしのびあい
shinobi ai
clandestine meeting / rendezvous / tryst / secret meeting
び寄るしのびよる
shinobi yoru
to creep / to steal up / to draw near unnoticed
び泣きしのびなき
shinobi naki
quiet weeping
び泣くしのびなく
shinobi naku
to shed silent tears
び込むしのびこむ
shinobi komu
to creep in / to steal in
び出ししのびだし
shinobi dashi
sneaking out / creeping out
び出すしのびだす
shinobi dasu
to sneak out / to creep out
び笑いしのびわらい
shinobiwarai
stifled laugh / chuckling / snickering
び難いしのびがたい
shinobi gatai
intolerable / unbearable
び入るしのびいる
shinobi iru
to steal or sneak or slip into
しのびしのび
shinobi shinobi
stealthily
び文字しのびもじ
shinobi moji
ninja script
び返ししのびかえし
shinobi kaeshi
bamboo wall-top spikes / spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves
び歩きしのびあるき
shinobi aruki
travelling incognito / quiet steps
び六具しのびろくぐ
shinobi roku gu
the six tools of the ninja
耐強いにんたいつよい
nintai tsuyoi
persevering / very patient
無生法むなまほうにん
mu nama hou nin
anutpattika-dharma-ksanti
恋いこいしのぶ
koi shinobu
to live on love
び駕籠おしのびがかご
o shinobi ga kago
special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
人目をひとめをしのぶ
hitome wo shinobu
to avoid being seen / to be clandestine
声をばせてこえをしのばせて
koe wo shinoba sete
in a subdued voice
袋の緒が切れるかんにんぶくろのおがきれる
kanninbukuro no o ga kire ru
to be out of patience / to be unable to put up with something anymore
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Example Sentences with 忍
耐が耐えられないこともある。

『カムイの剣』は、1868年の徳川将軍時代の崩壊と、明治天皇下での日本の復興という変革期を舞台にした、一種の侍/者物語だ。

さしずめ耐力に自信のない筆者などは、2,3時間で音をあげてしまう作業である。

老齢は気づかぬうちに我々にび寄る。



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