忍 — kanji meaning “endure”
忍
endure, bear, put up with, conceal, secrete, spy, sneak
- Meanings
- endure, bear, put up with, conceal, secrete, spy, sneak
- On'yomi
- ニン (nin)
- Kun'yomi
- しの.ぶ、しの.ばせる
- Name readings
- おし
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1700 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- rěn — Chinese character page
Words with 忍
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忍者 | にんじゃ ninja | ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan |
| 忍耐 | にんたい nintai | endurance; perseverance; patience |
| 残忍 | ざんにん zannin | brutal; cruel; merciless |
| 忍ぶ | しのぶ shinobu | to conceal oneself; to hide |
| 忍び | しのび shinobi | stealth |
| 忍び込む | しのびこむ shinobikomu | to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in |
| 忍び寄る | しのびよる shinobiyoru | to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up |
| 堪忍袋 | かんにんぶくろ kanninbukuro | one's store of patience |
| 忍法 | にんぽう ninpou | ninja arts |
| 忍術 | にんじゅつ ninjutsu | ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc. |
| 押忍 | おっす ossu | hi!; yo!; hey man! |
| お忍び | おしのび oshinobi | travelling incognito (of a person of high rank) |
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