忍耐

• 読み: にんたい
• ローマ字: nintai
• 漢字の分解: 忍 (nin/shino) — endure, conceal, persevere; 耐 (tai/ta) — withstand, bear, resist
• 発音: /nʲintai/

意味

Patience; endurance; perseverance. The ability to withstand hardship, difficulty, or adversity without losing composure.

A noun used in both personal and ethical contexts. 忍耐力 (capacity for endurance) is a common compound. Differs from 我慢 in that 忍耐 emphasises resolute, sustained endurance over a longer duration rather than momentary self-restraint. Often appears in 忍耐強い (patient, persevering).

例文

1. 長い闘病生活を支えたのは、彼女の並外れた忍耐だった。
2. 子育ては忍耐の連続だが、その分喜びも大きい。
3. 忍耐強く交渉を続けた結果、ついに合意に至った。

使い方ガイド

場面: personal growth, ethics, daily life, work

トーン: earnest

起源と歴史

Compound of 忍 (nin, to endure/conceal) and 耐 (tai, to withstand/bear). Both characters carry the sense of bearing difficulty, together forming a term for patient, sustained endurance.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal