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忍耐

にんたい

patience, endurance, perseverance

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Examples

  1. 忍耐が成功への鍵だ。

    にんたいがせいこうへのかぎだ。

    Patience is the key to success.

  2. この仕事には忍耐が必要だ。

    このしごとにはにんたいがひつようだ。

    This job requires endurance.

  3. 彼は忍耐強く、何年も同じ研究を続けている。

    かれはにんたいづよく、なんねんもおなじけんきゅうをつづけている。

    He is persevering and has continued the same research for years.

Common patterns

忍耐が必要だ
to require patience
忍耐強い
patient, persevering
忍耐力
staying power, endurance

Memory tip

忍耐 is a formal, admiring word for the capacity to hold out over a long time, and it is praised as a virtue. 我慢 is the everyday act of putting up with one specific unpleasant thing right now.

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