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忍ぶ

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しの
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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/sino2bu//sinobu/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sinənpu.

First attested as noun sino2bi in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE, and as the verb in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(しの) (shinobugodan (stem (しの) (shinobi), past (しの)んだ (shinonda))

  1. to conceal, to hide
  2. to suppress or hide one's feelings
  3. to endure, to bear, to restrain oneself

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006