How to say "patience" in Japanese

• 我慢がまんJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbPatience as bearing with something unpleasant: holding back pain, hunger, discomfort, or irritation instead of complaining or giving in. Use it when you simply have to put up with something.
  この寒さむさは我慢がまん出来できないな。↗

  I can't put up with this cold.
• 辛抱しんぼうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbPatience as hanging on through a trying time: enduring hardship steadily while waiting for a situation to improve or an effort to pay off. The nuance is holding out over time.
  他人たにんには辛抱しんぼうするようにしなさい。↗

  Try to be patient with others.
• 根気こんきJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounPatience as persistence: the steadiness to keep at a slow, exacting task without giving up. Choose it when 'patience' means painstaking, sustained effort — tenacity — rather than putting up with hardship.
  この種しゅの仕事しごとには大変たいへんな根気こんきが必要ひつようとされる。↗

  This sort of work calls for a lot of patience.
• 忍耐にんたいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbPatience as endurance or forbearance: the capacity to bear hardship calmly and without complaint. It names the quality itself more than any single act of putting up with something.
  彼かれの忍耐にんたい強つよさには驚おどろいた。↗

  I wondered at his perseverance.

Use 我慢 for putting up with something unpleasant, 辛抱 for hanging on through a trying time, 根気 for sticking patiently at a task, and 忍耐 for endurance or forbearance as a quality.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 我慢がまんendurance
• 辛抱しんぼうpatience
• 根気こんきpatience
• 忍耐にんたいendurance
• 堪忍かんにんpatience
• ペイシェンスpatience
• 隠忍いんにんpatience
• 機根きこんpatience
• ソリティアsolitaire
• こらえ性こらえしょうendurance
• 忍耐心にんたいしんendurance
• 忍耐力にんたいりょくfortitude
• 堪能かんのうpatience