隠いん忍にん

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

patience; endurance; forbearance

Literary word for quietly enduring hardship or suppressing one's feelings. Often used in the set phrase 隠忍自重 (いんにんじちょう), meaning 'acting with prudence and self-restraint'.

• 彼かれは隠いん忍にん自じ重ちょうの精せい神しんで難なん局きょくに当あたった。

  He faced the difficult situation with a spirit of patient self-restraint.

• 隠いん忍にんして機き会かいを待まつ。

  Endure patiently and wait for an opportunity.

noun

undercover ninja; embedded ninja

Colloquial, historical term for a ninja who infiltrates enemy territory and lives undercover for a long period. Not a common modern word.

• 隠いん忍にんは敵てき地ちに長ちょう期き間かん潜せん伏ぷくする忍にん者じゃのことだ。

  An 'innin' is a ninja who hides in enemy territory for a long time.