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忍: to bear; to endure

By November 24, 2014December 1st, 2016Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

忍 rèn

adjective
: to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself

Kun Reading

忍 | しのぶ shinobu

noun
: (Usually written using kana alone) Davallia mariesii (species of fern)
: Lepisorus thunbergiana (species of fern)
: color of clothing layers under one’s overcoat (light green on blue)
: (Abbreviation) ancient women’s hairstyle
: (Abbreviation) clothing patterned using the fern Davallia mariesii

忍ぶ | しのぶ shinobu

godan verb with bu ending | transitive verb
: to conceal oneself; to hide
: to endure

忍び | しのび shinobi

noun
: stealth
: (Abbreviation) travelling incognito (traveling)
: (Abbreviation) ninjutsu
: (Abbreviation) ninja
: sneak theft; sneak thief
: tolerance

On Reading

忍 | にん nin

noun
: endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint

 Usage:

忍者 ren3zhe3: ninja [にんじゃ ninja: ninja (persons in feudal Japan who used ninjutsu for the purposes of espionage, assassination, sabotage, etc.)]

 
火影忍者 huo3 ying3 ren3 zhe3: Naruto, manga and anime series
忍術 | にんじゅつ ninjutsu: ninjutsu (fighting art of the ninja); ninja skills in secrecy, stealth and combat techniques
 
中忍 | ちゅうにん chuunin: ninja commander
上忍 | じょうにん jounin: Ninja clan master; highest-ranking ninja

忍受 ren3shou4: to bear; to endure
忍耐 ren3nai4: to show restraint; to repress (anger etc); to exercise patience [にんたい nintai: endurance; perseverance; patience]

 
忍耐力 ren3 nai4 li4: patience; fortitude
[にんたいりょく nintairyoku: fortitude]

忍心 ren3xin1: to have the heart to do something; to steel oneself to a task
忍不住 ren3 buzhu4: cannot help; unable to bear
忍痛 ren3tong4: to suffer; fig. reluctantly
容忍 rong2ren3: to put up with; to tolerate
殘[残]忍 can2ren3: cruel; mean; merciless; ruthless
堅[坚]忍 jian1ren3: persevering [堅忍 | けんにん kennin: perseverance]
不忍 bu4ren3: cannot bear to; disturbed
強[强]忍 qiang2ren3: to resist (with great difficulty)



Japanese expression / idiom
成らぬ堪忍するが堪忍 | ならぬかんにんするがかんにん naranu kannin suru ga kannin
: True patience lies in bearing the unbearable

見るに忍びない | みるにしのびない miru ni shinobi nai
: So miserable that it is painful to look at; can’t bear to look at; painful to watch



Chinese expression / idiom
忍無可忍 [忍无可忍] ren3 wu2 ke3 ren3
: more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one’s patience; the last straw

忍辱偷生 ren3 ru3 tou1 sheng1
: to bear humiliation to save one’s skin

忍辱負重 [忍辱负重] ren3 ru3 fu4 zhong4
: to endure humiliation as part of an important mission; to suffer in silence

強忍悲痛 [强忍悲痛] qiang2 ren3 bei1 tong4
: to try hard to suppress one’s grief

是可忍,孰不可忍 shi4 ke3 ren3 , shu2 bu4 ke3 ren3
: if this can be tolerated, what cannot? enough is enough

 Etymology:


会意 Associative Compound.
Like receiving a knife 刃 (ren4: knife edge)
on the heart 心 (xin1: heart radical 61)



形声 Pictophonetic.
心 (xin1: heart radical 61) suggests the meaning while
刃 (ren4: knife edge) provides the sound.



Semantic.
㣼 ren3: to endure; to bear; to forbear; to repress
 
形声 Pictophonetic.
忄 (xin1: heart radical 61) suggests the meaning while
刃 (ren4: knife edge) provides the sound.



 
Look-alike:
忽 hu1: suddenly; abruptly; neglect
[kun: たちまち tachimachi
on: こつ kotsu]

 Music:


忍者 Ninja – Jay Chou 周杰伦

作詞:方文山
作曲:周杰倫
編曲:邁可林

居酒屋裡的小神龕 離鋪滿鵝卵石的玄關 差不多一米寬的信仰
我坐著喝味噌湯 在旁觀看 庭園假山
京都的夜晚 有一種 榻榻米 的稻香 叫做禪

那裡~神社許願 閃過一個畫面 這裡~忍者矇著臉 在角落吹暗箭
心裡~幕府又重現 從前老東京那條山手線 像一齣懷舊的默片

呵~~~ 呵~~~ 嘿~~~

更多更詳盡歌詞 在 ※ Mojim.com 魔鏡歌詞網
伊賀流忍者的想法 嘿~ 只會用武士刀比劃 嘿~
我一個人在家 乖乖的學插花

(日文:是是是我知道了)

日文(一二三四) 櫻花落滿地 有一種神秘 凝結了空氣
日文(一二三四) 黑夜裡偷襲 去攻擊 煙霧當武器

日文(一二三四) 忍者的物語 要切斷過去 忠心是唯一
日文(一二三四) 隱身要徹底 要忘記 什麼是自己

credit: Jay Chou 周杰倫

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary