忍ぶ

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɕinobu/

Etymology

/sino₂bu/ > /sinobu/.

Verb

忍ぶ (ichidan conjugation, hiragana しのぶ, romaji shinobu)

1. to conceal, to hide
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 6, poem #965)

     凡有者 左毛右毛将為乎 恐跡 振痛袖乎 忍而有香聞

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 11, poem #2478)

     秋柏 潤和川辺 細竹目 人不顏面 公無勝

2. to suppress or hide one's feelings
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 2, poem #129)

     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}

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 3, poem #472)

     世間之 常如此耳跡 可都知跡 痛情者 不忍都毛

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 11, poem #2590)

     石根踏 夜道不行 念跡 妹依者 忍金津毛

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 11, poem #2635)

     剱刀 身尓佩副流 大夫也 恋云物乎 忍金手武

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 11, poem #2752)

     吾妹児乎 聞都賀野辺能 靡合歓木 吾者隠不得 間無念者

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 12, poem #2987)

     梓弓 引而不緩 大夫哉 恋云物乎 忍不得牟

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 17, poem #3940)

     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

3. to endure, to bear, to restrain oneself
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 12, poem #2911)

     人目多見 眼社忍礼 小毛 心中尓 吾念莫国

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 16, poem #3795)

     辱忍 辱尾黙 无事 物不言先丹 我者将依 二

References

• 1999 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man'yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240001-8:
• 2000 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 2: Man'yōshū 2 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240002-6:
• 2002 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man'yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240003-4:
• 2003 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man'yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240004-2: