忍耐|にんたいnintai[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbendurance; perseverance; patience
    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.
Conjugation
Dictionary form忍耐する(にんたいする)
Polite (masu)忍耐します(にんたいします)
Negative (nai)忍耐しない(にんたいしない)
polite (masen)忍耐しません(にんたいしません)
classical zu / nu忍耐せず・忍耐せぬ(にんたいせず・にんたいせぬ)
Past (ta)忍耐した(にんたいした)
polite (mashita)忍耐しました(にんたいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)忍耐しなかった(にんたいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)忍耐しませんでした(にんたいしませんでした)
Te form忍耐して(にんたいして)
Potential忍耐できる(にんたいできる)
Passive忍耐される(にんたいされる)
Causative忍耐させる(にんたいさせる)
Causative passive忍耐させられる(にんたいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)忍耐すれば(にんたいすれば)
tara忍耐したら(にんたいしたら)
Volitional忍耐しよう(にんたいしよう)
polite (mashou)忍耐しましょう(にんたいしましょう)
Imperative忍耐しろ(にんたいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym我慢がまんNeutralThe most common everyday word for endurance and self-restraint, also for going without things you enjoy. More colloquial than 忍耐.
  • Synonym辛抱しんぼうNeutralBearing hardship and sticking it out, as in 「辛抱強い」; common in everyday speech.
  • Synonym堪忍かんにんCasualColloquial word for forgiving others or holding back anger, as in 「堪忍してくれ」; has an old-fashioned or Kansai-dialect flavor. 忍耐 is about long-term endurance.
  • Related隠忍いんにんWrittenBearing pain silently, keeping it hidden from others; a word of written or formal prose.
  • Relatedこらえ性こらえしょうNeutralOne's capacity for patience or endurance; typically used in the negative, as in 「こらえ性がない」.
  • Antonym焦りあせりNeutralImpatience or restlessness; the opposite of 忍耐.
  • Antonym短気たんきNeutralA quick temper or impatience as a character trait; the opposite of 忍耐.

Use 「忍耐」 for enduring pain or hardship over the long term, as in 「忍耐力」. In everyday speech, 「我慢」 and 「辛抱」 are the usual words for putting up with things, and 「堪忍」 for forgiving. 「短気」 and 「焦り」 are the opposites.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 苦くるしみ・辛つらさ・怒いかりなどを我慢がまんすること。
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