忍

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

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ニン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

しの.ばせるしの.ぶ

Nanori (名乗り)

おし

Stroke Order

7 / 7

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:7

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1700

Vocabulary

ニン

Word	Reading	Meaning
忍耐	ニンタイ	endurance; perseverance; patience
残忍	ザンニン	brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
隠忍	インニン	patience; endurance; undercover ninja; embedded ninja
堪忍	カンニン	patience; forbearance; endurance; tolerance; forgiveness; pardon
堅忍	ケンニン	perseverance

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
忍ぶ	しのぶ	to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand; to put up with
忍び	しのび	stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
忍び寄る	しのびよる	to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
忍び込む	しのびこむ	to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
忍者	にんじゃ	ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

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