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堪忍袋 (かんにんぶくろ, kanninbukuro) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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緒お
が
切き
れ
た
。
His rude attitude finally made me snap.
Even someone that patient can reach the end of their tether.
Kanji 堪 withstand, endure, support 忍 endure, bear, put up with Related words 我が 慢まん 我慢 is the general word for patience or endurance. 堪忍袋 is a metaphorical container for that patience, used almost only in the idiom about it breaking.
堪かん 忍にん 堪忍 is an older or more formal word for forbearance or forgiveness. 堪忍袋 personifies that quality as a bag that can be filled and eventually bursts.
Etymology Compound of 堪忍 (forbearance, patience) and 袋 (bag). The image is of a bag that holds one's patience; when the cord (緒) breaks, the patience runs out.
