Word Meaning お忍び

おしのび oshinobi

お忍び is read as おしのび (oshinobi) and means special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito.

Meaning

English

  1. special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
  2. travelling incognito (of a person of high rank)

Reading

Kana

おしのび

Romaji

oshinobi

Writing Variants

  • 御忍び おしのび oshinobi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Related Words 秘密,内緒,内密,プライベート,プライバシー,お忍びデート Rank 134909 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

忍び

しのび

ninja

忍耐

にんたい

endurance

忍ぶ

しのぶ

to conceal oneself

残忍

ざんにん

brutal

忍者

にんじゃ

ninja

忍び込む

しのびこむ

to creep in

忍び寄る

しのびよる

to creep

堪忍袋

かんにんぶくろ

one's store of patience

無生法忍

むしょうほうにん

anutpattika-dharma-ksanti (recognition that nothing really arises or perishes)

人目を忍ぶ

ひとめをしのぶ

to avoid being seen

無生忍

むしょうにん

anutpattika-dharma-ksanti (recognition that nothing really arises or perishes)

忍容性

にんようせい

tolerability (e.g. of a drug dose)