"忍ぶ" meaning in Japanese

See 忍ぶ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ɕino̞bɯ̟]
Etymology: /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. Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|/sino₂bu/}} /sino₂bu/, {{IPAfont|/sinobu/}} /sinobu/, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=しのぶ}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*sinənpu|sort=しのぶ}} Proto-Japonic *sinənpu, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{circa2|759 <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>}} circa 759 CE Head templates: {{ja-verb|しのぶ|type=1}} 忍(しの)ぶ • (shinobu) godan (stem 忍(しの)び (shinobi), past 忍(しの)んだ (shinonda)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|しの|2u-b}} Forms: 忍ぶ [canonical] (ruby: (しの)), shinobu [romanization], 忍び [stem] (ruby: (しの)), 忍んだ [past] (ruby: (しの)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 忍ば [error-unrecognized-form], しのば [error-unrecognized-form], shinoba [error-unrecognized-form], 忍び [error-unrecognized-form], しのび [error-unrecognized-form], shinobi [error-unrecognized-form], 忍ぶ [error-unrecognized-form], しのぶ [error-unrecognized-form], shinobu [error-unrecognized-form], 忍べ [error-unrecognized-form], しのべ [error-unrecognized-form], shinobe [error-unrecognized-form], 忍ばれる [passive], しのばれる [passive], shinobareru [passive], 忍ばせる [causative], 忍ばす [causative], しのばせる [causative], しのばす [causative], shinobaseru [causative], shinobasu [causative], 忍べる [potential], しのべる [potential], shinoberu [potential], 忍ぼう [volitional], しのぼう [volitional], shinobō [volitional], 忍ばない [negative], しのばない [negative], shinobanai [negative], 忍ばず [continuative, negative], しのばず [continuative, negative], shinobazu [continuative, negative], 忍びます [formal], しのびます [formal], shinobimasu [formal], 忍んだ [perfective], しのんだ [perfective], shinonda [perfective], 忍んで [conjunctive], しのんで [conjunctive], shinonde [conjunctive], 忍べば [conditional, hypothetical], しのべば [conditional, hypothetical], shinobeba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 忍び [irrealis, stem], しのび [irrealis, stem], sinobi [irrealis], 忍び [continuative, stem], しのび [continuative, stem], sinobi [continuative], 忍ぶ [stem, terminative], しのぶ [stem, terminative], sinobu [terminative], 忍ぶる [attributive, stem], しのぶる [attributive, stem], sinoburu [attributive], 忍ぶれ [realis, stem], しのぶれ [realis, stem], sinobure [realis], 忍びよ [imperative, stem], しのびよ [imperative, stem], sinobiyo [imperative], 忍びず [negative], しのびず [negative], sinobizu [negative], 忍ぶれど [contrastive], しのぶれど [contrastive], sinoburedo [contrastive], 忍ぶれば [causative], しのぶれば [causative], sinobureba [causative], 忍びば [conditional], しのびば [conditional], sinobiba [conditional], 忍びき [past], しのびき [past], sinobiki [past], 忍びけり [past], しのびけり [past], sinobikeri [past], 忍びつ [perfect], しのびつ [perfect], sinobitu [perfect], 忍びぬ [perfect], しのびぬ [perfect], sinobinu [perfect], 忍びたり [continuative, perfect], しのびたり [continuative, perfect], sinobitari [continuative, perfect], 忍びむ [volitional], しのびむ [volitional], sinobimu [volitional]
  1. to conceal, to hide
    Sense id: en-忍ぶ-ja-verb-5FcT7uSx
  2. to suppress or hide one's feelings
    Sense id: en-忍ぶ-ja-verb-ArdTHLzx Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 7 82 10 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu: 30 41 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 11 72 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 81 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 80 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 28 43 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 81 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 80 12 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 28 44 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 62 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 84 8
  3. to endure, to bear, to restrain oneself
    Sense id: en-忍ぶ-ja-verb-Nk9FYM~Z
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      "form": "shinobe",
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      "form": "忍ばれる",
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      "form": "しのばれる",
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      "form": "shinobareru",
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      "form": "忍ばせる",
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      "form": "忍ばす",
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      "form": "しのばせる",
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      "form": "しのばす",
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      "form": "shinobaseru",
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      "form": "忍べる",
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      "form": "しのべる",
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      "form": "shinoberu",
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      "form": "忍ぼう",
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      "form": "しのぼう",
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      "form": "shinobō",
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      "form": "忍ばない",
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      "form": "しのばない",
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      "form": "shinobazu",
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      "form": "忍びます",
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      "form": "しのびます",
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      "form": "shinobimasu",
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      "form": "忍べば",
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      "form": "忍び",
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      "form": "忍ぶ",
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      "form": "しのぶ",
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      "form": "sinobu",
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      "form": "忍ぶる",
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      "form": "しのぶる",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "sinoburu",
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      "form": "忍ぶれ",
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    {
      "form": "しのぶれ",
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    },
    {
      "form": "sinobure",
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    {
      "form": "忍びよ",
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    },
    {
      "form": "しのびよ",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "sinobiyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍びず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのびず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobizu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍ぶれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのぶれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinoburedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍ぶれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのぶれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍びば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのびば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobiba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍びき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのびき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍びけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "しのびけり",
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        "past"
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      "form": "忍びつ",
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      "form": "忍びぬ",
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    },
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      "form": "しのびぬ",
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        "perfect"
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      "form": "sinobinu",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
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    {
      "form": "忍びたり",
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      "form": "しのびたり",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "sinobitari",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "忍びむ",
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      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "しのびむ",
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          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 6, poem 965:",
          "text": "凡有者 左毛右毛将為乎 恐跡 振痛袖乎 忍而有香聞",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2478:",
          "text": "秋柏 潤和川辺 細竹目 人不顏面 公無勝",
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        }
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        "to conceal, to hide"
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          "_dis": "8 81 11",
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          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 80 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 43 28",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 81 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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          "_dis": "8 80 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 44 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 62 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "8 84 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 2, poem 129:",
          "text": "古之 嫗尓為而也 如此許 恋尓将沈 如手童児 _(一云 恋乎大尓忍金手武多和良波乃如)",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 3, poem 472:",
          "text": "世間之 常如此耳跡 可都知跡 痛情者 不忍都毛",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2590:",
          "text": "石根踏 夜道不行 念跡 妹依者 忍金津毛",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2635:",
          "text": "剱刀 身尓佩副流 大夫也 恋云物乎 忍金手武",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2752:",
          "text": "吾妹児乎 聞都賀野辺能 靡合歓木 吾者隠不得 間無念者",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 12, poem 2987:",
          "text": "梓弓 引而不緩 大夫哉 恋云物乎 忍不得牟",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 17, poem 3940:",
          "text": "余呂豆代尓 許己呂波刀気氐 和我世古我 都美之手見都追 志乃備加祢都母",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to suppress or hide one's feelings"
      ],
      "id": "en-忍ぶ-ja-verb-ArdTHLzx",
      "links": [
        [
          "suppress",
          "suppress"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 12, poem 2911:",
          "text": "人目多見 眼社忍礼 小毛 心中尓 吾念莫国",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 16, poem 3795:",
          "text": "辱忍 辱尾黙 无事 物不言先丹 我者将依 二",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to endure, to bear, to restrain oneself"
      ],
      "id": "en-忍ぶ-ja-verb-Nk9FYM~Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "endure",
          "endure"
        ],
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ],
        [
          "restrain",
          "restrain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕino̞bɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Man'yōshū",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "忍ぶ"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "args": {
        "1": "/sino₂bu/"
      },
      "expansion": "/sino₂bu/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/sinobu/"
      },
      "expansion": "/sinobu/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "しのぶ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
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        "3": "*sinənpu",
        "sort": "しのぶ"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "759 <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>"
      },
      "expansion": "circa 759 CE",
      "name": "circa2"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "/sino₂bu/ → /sinobu/\nFrom Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sinənpu.\nFirst attested as noun sino₂bi in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE, and as the verb in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.",
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      "form": "忍ぶ",
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          "忍",
          "しの"
        ]
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        "canonical"
      ]
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      "form": "shinobu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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      "form": "忍び",
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        [
          "忍",
          "しの"
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        "stem"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "忍んだ",
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "忍",
          "しの"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-bu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍ば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinoba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍び",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのび",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinobi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍ぶ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのぶ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinobu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍べ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのべ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinobe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍ばれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのばれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinobareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍ばせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍ばす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのばせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのばす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinobaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinobasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍べる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのべる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinoberu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍ぼう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのぼう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinobō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍ばない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのばない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinobanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍ばず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのばず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinobazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍びます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのびます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinobimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍んだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのんだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinonda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍んで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのんで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinonde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍べば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのべば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinobeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍び",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのび",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍び",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのび",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍ぶ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのぶ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍ぶる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのぶる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinoburu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍ぶれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのぶれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍びよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのびよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobiyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍びず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのびず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobizu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍ぶれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのぶれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinoburedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍ぶれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのぶれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍びば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのびば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobiba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍びき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのびき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍びけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのびけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍びつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのびつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍びぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのびぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍びたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのびたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忍びむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しのびむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinobimu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
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        "type": "1"
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      "expansion": "忍(しの)ぶ • (shinobu) godan (stem 忍(しの)び (shinobi), past 忍(しの)んだ (shinonda))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
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        "1": "しの",
        "2": "2u-b"
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
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        "Requests for translations of Old Japanese quotations"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 6, poem 965:",
          "text": "凡有者 左毛右毛将為乎 恐跡 振痛袖乎 忍而有香聞",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2478:",
          "text": "秋柏 潤和川辺 細竹目 人不顏面 公無勝",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to conceal, to hide"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conceal",
          "conceal"
        ],
        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Japanese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Old Japanese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 2, poem 129:",
          "text": "古之 嫗尓為而也 如此許 恋尓将沈 如手童児 _(一云 恋乎大尓忍金手武多和良波乃如)",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 3, poem 472:",
          "text": "世間之 常如此耳跡 可都知跡 痛情者 不忍都毛",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2590:",
          "text": "石根踏 夜道不行 念跡 妹依者 忍金津毛",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2635:",
          "text": "剱刀 身尓佩副流 大夫也 恋云物乎 忍金手武",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2752:",
          "text": "吾妹児乎 聞都賀野辺能 靡合歓木 吾者隠不得 間無念者",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 12, poem 2987:",
          "text": "梓弓 引而不緩 大夫哉 恋云物乎 忍不得牟",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 17, poem 3940:",
          "text": "余呂豆代尓 許己呂波刀気氐 和我世古我 都美之手見都追 志乃備加祢都母",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to suppress or hide one's feelings"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suppress",
          "suppress"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Japanese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Old Japanese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 12, poem 2911:",
          "text": "人目多見 眼社忍礼 小毛 心中尓 吾念莫国",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 16, poem 3795:",
          "text": "辱忍 辱尾黙 无事 物不言先丹 我者将依 二",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to endure, to bear, to restrain oneself"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endure",
          "endure"
        ],
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ],
        [
          "restrain",
          "restrain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕino̞bɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Man'yōshū",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "忍ぶ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 忍ぶ meaning in Japanese (12.0kB)

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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "忍ぶ",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "忍ぶ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "忍ぶ",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
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  "path": [
    "忍ぶ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "忍ぶ",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "忍ぶ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "忍ぶ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "忍ぶ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "忍ぶ",
  "trace": ""
}

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