Illustration: During hide-and-seek in a family home, a child crouches behind a futon hanging over a drying rack beside an open veranda. They draw both knees tightly against their chest and hold one hand over their mouth to suppress a giggle.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

忍しのぶ

shinobu

to hide oneself

Example sentences

  1. 人目ひとめを忍しのんで暮くらす

    to live clandestinely

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 私わたしは彼かれが忍しのび出でようとするのをつかまえた。

    I caught him trying to sneak out.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 二人ふたりは人目ひとめを忍しのんで、喫茶店きっさてんで会あった。

    The two met at a café without letting anyone see them.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 忍

  • 忍endure; bearOnニンKunしのぶ・しのばせる

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