Japanese

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

• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man’yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-240001-3, published 1999.
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 2: Man’yōshū 2 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-240002-0, published 2000.
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-240003-7, published 2002.
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man’yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-240004-4, published 2003.