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忍耐 (にんたい, nintai) Japanese meaning: endurance | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 忍耐する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 忍にん 耐たい する 忍にん 耐たい しない Polite 忍にん 耐たい します 忍にん 耐たい しません Past polite 忍にん 耐たい しました 忍にん 耐たい しませんでした Past 忍にん 耐たい した 忍にん 耐たい しなかった Te-form 忍にん 耐たい して 忍にん 耐たい しないで Desire 忍にん 耐たい したい 忍にん 耐たい したくない Potential 忍にん 耐たい できる 忍にん 耐たい できない Passive 忍にん 耐たい される 忍にん 耐たい されない Causative 忍にん 耐たい させる 忍にん 耐たい させない Causative passive 忍にん 耐たい させられる 忍にん 耐たい させられない Volitional 忍にん 耐たい しよう Polite volitional 忍にん 耐たい しましょう Imperative 忍にん 耐たい しろ 忍にん 耐たい するな Conditional 忍にん 耐たい すれば 忍にん 耐たい しなければ Tara conditional 忍にん 耐たい したら 忍にん 耐たい しなかったら
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たい
力りょく
が
試ため
さ
れる
仕し
事ごと
だ
。
It's a job that tests your endurance.
He persevered through every difficulty.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 には 忍にん 耐たい が 必ひつ 要よう だ ~ requires patience
This job requires a lot of patience.
忍耐にんたい の 限界げんかい に 達たっ する to reach the limit of one's patience
He finally reached the limit of his patience.
〈 事こと 〉 を 忍にん 耐たい する to endure ~ (with patience)
She endured the pain of the long treatment.
Kanji 忍 endure, bear, put up with Related words· 7 我慢 refers to tolerating an immediate unpleasant situation or suppressing a desire, while 忍耐 emphasizes long-term perseverance and inner strength.
辛抱 carries a more personal, emotional tone of patiently waiting out a specific hardship, whereas 忍耐 is more formal and abstract.
忍耐 is the modern, everyday noun for endurance or perseverance, while 忍 is its archaic single-character form found mainly in classical texts or compounds.
忍耐 focuses on enduring hardship or suffering without complaint, while 根気 emphasizes the sustained mental effort needed to keep working at a task.
Show 3 more 忍耐 refers to patience and mental endurance through hardship, whereas 持久 is often used for physical stamina or strategic staying power.
忍耐 is a more formal word for enduring hardship or hardship patiently, while 粘り suggests an active refusal to give up in a contest or effort.
忍耐 emphasizes quietly enduring hardship or patience, while 頑張り emphasizes actively pushing toward a goal.
Word family fortitude; perseverance; patience; stoicism
endurance; perseverance; patience
persevering; very patient
Etymology Compound of 忍 (endure, conceal) and 耐 (withstand, endure). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination reinforces the meaning of enduring hardship.
