辛しん抱ぼう

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

辛抱する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	辛しん抱ぼうする	辛しん抱ぼうしない
Polite	辛しん抱ぼうします	辛しん抱ぼうしません
Past polite	辛しん抱ぼうしました	辛しん抱ぼうしませんでした
Past	辛しん抱ぼうした	辛しん抱ぼうしなかった
Te-form	辛しん抱ぼうして	辛しん抱ぼうしないで
Desire	辛しん抱ぼうしたい	辛しん抱ぼうしたくない
Potential	辛しん抱ぼうできる	辛しん抱ぼうできない
Passive	辛しん抱ぼうされる	辛しん抱ぼうされない
Causative	辛しん抱ぼうさせる	辛しん抱ぼうさせない
Causative passive	辛しん抱ぼうさせられる	辛しん抱ぼうさせられない
Volitional	辛しん抱ぼうしよう
Polite volitional	辛しん抱ぼうしましょう
Imperative	辛しん抱ぼうしろ	辛しん抱ぼうするな
Conditional	辛しん抱ぼうすれば	辛しん抱ぼうしなければ
Tara conditional	辛しん抱ぼうしたら	辛しん抱ぼうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

patience; endurance; perseverance

Refers to bearing hardship, discomfort, or waiting without complaint. Often used in the phrase 辛抱強い (patient) and 辛抱する (to endure).

もう少すこし辛しん抱ぼうしてください。
Please be patient a little longer.
彼かれは辛しん抱ぼう強づよい人ひとだ。
He is a patient person.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を辛しん抱ぼうするto endure/put up with something
彼かれは貧まずしい生せい活かつを長ながい間あいだ辛しん抱ぼうした。
He endured a life of poverty for a long time.
辛しん抱ぼう強づよく〈動どう詞し〉to do something patiently
彼かの女じょは辛しん抱ぼう強づよく返へん事じを待まった。
She waited patiently for a reply.
辛しん抱ぼうが足たりないto lack patience
彼かれは辛しん抱ぼうが足たりなくて、すぐに諦あきらめてしまう。
He lacks patience and gives up right away.
辛しん抱ぼうの限げん界かいthe limit of one's patience
もう辛しん抱ぼうの限げん界かいだ。
I've reached the limit of my patience.

Kanji

辛spicy, bitter, hot
抱embrace, hug, hold in arms
棒rod, stick, cane

Transitive / intransitive

辛抱 (as 辛抱する) can be used intransitively without an object, as in 彼はじっと辛抱した (he endured quietly), or transitively with a direct object, as in 苦しい生活を辛抱した (he endured a hard life).

Related words

我が慢まんN3
我慢 is the everyday word for enduring discomfort or suppressing a desire, while 辛抱 stresses patiently sticking it out over a period of time.
忍にん耐たいN1
忍耐 is a more formal, literary word for endurance and fortitude, whereas 辛抱 is the everyday term for the same idea.
凌しのぎ
凌ぎ refers to temporarily getting through a difficult situation, while 辛抱 means patiently enduring hardship over time.
耐たえるN2
辛抱する means to endure with patience and perseverance over a long period, while 耐える focuses on the act of withstanding a specific pain or pressure.
根こん気きN2
辛抱 is a more colloquial word for patiently enduring a difficult or trying situation, while 根気 stresses the stamina to keep at a tedious task.

Opposites

短たん気きN2
短気 describes a short temper that gives up or flares up quickly, the opposite disposition to 辛抱, which is the ability to endure patiently.

Word family

辛しん抱ぼう強づよい
patient; persevering

Written forms

辛しん抱ぼうUsage93%
Standard kanji spelling.
しんぼうUsage6%
辛しん棒ぼうUsage1%
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
Ateji spelling; rarely used.

Etymology

The kanji 辛 (bitter, hardship) and 抱 (embrace, hold) combine to suggest 'embracing hardship,' reflecting the meaning of patient endurance. The reading しんぼう is a Sino-Japanese on'yomi compound.