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perseverance; endurance; patience; staying power
The capacity to endure hardship, frustration, or tedium without giving up. Emphasizes the strength or power aspect of patience.
忍耐力が強い。
To have strong perseverance.
この仕事には忍耐力が必要だ。
This job requires perseverance.
子育てを通して、忍耐力が身についたと思う。
I think I developed perseverance through raising children.
A compound of 忍耐 (patience, endurance) and 力 (power, ability). Emphasizes patience as a capacity or strength one possesses, rather than the act of enduring itself.
USAGE:
Commonly cited as a valued personal quality in job interviews, school contexts, and self-improvement discussions. The suffix 力 frames patience as a measurable ability.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 忍耐力がある — to have perseverance
- 忍耐力が強い — to have strong perseverance
- 忍耐力を養う — to cultivate perseverance
- 忍耐力が足りない — to lack perseverance
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 忍耐 — patience, endurance (the quality itself, without the "power" nuance)
- 根気 — persistence, tenacity (sustained effort over time)
- 我慢 — endurance, tolerance (bearing discomfort or restraining oneself)