Word Meaning 忍辱

にんにく ninniku

忍辱 is read as にんにく (ninniku) and means forbearance (in the face of difficulty, persecution, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. forbearance (in the face of difficulty, persecution, etc.)
  2. garlic

Reading

Kana

にんにく

Romaji

ninniku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 136175 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

行者忍辱

ぎょうじゃにんにく

Alpine leek (Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum)

忍耐

にんたい

endurance

忍ぶ

しのぶ

to conceal oneself

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

忍び

しのび

ninja

忍容性

にんようせい

tolerability (e.g. of a drug dose)

忍の一字

にんのいちじ

patience is the only way

忍び出る

しのびでる

to sneak out

忍び手

しのびで

silent clap (done during a funeral or during certain rites at the Ise Grand Shrine)

忍び入る

しのびいる

to steal or sneak or slip into