鈍
鈍

dull, slow, foolish, blunt

12 strokesFrequency 1,574JLPT N2Grade 8

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ドン

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にぶ.いにぶ.るにぶ-なま.るなまく.ら

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Common Words

遅いおそい～い Adj.Freq #709
1

Occ. written as 鈍い

slow

Examples
彼女は走るのが遅い。
She is a slow runner.
2

Occ. written as 晩い

late

Examples
ジムの父はいつも帰宅が遅い。
Jim's father always comes home late.
3

Usu. as もう〜 or もはや〜; occ. written as 晩い

too late

鈍いにぶい～い Adj.Freq #3574
1

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt

Examples
確かに彼は少々にぶいが勤勉だ。
Indeed he may be a little dull, but he is diligent.
2

thickheaded; obtuse; stupid

3

dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

4

slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic

5

insensitive; dull (e.g. reflexes); unperceptive; unfeeling

鈍るにぶるなまるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #6740
1

to become blunt; to grow dull

Examples
テレビは創造力を鈍らせる力がある。
Television can dull our creative power.
2

to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

Examples
インフレ進行度は鈍っている。
The rate of inflation is slowing down.
鈍感どんかんNoun～な Adj.Freq #9272
1

thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

Examples
概してエリート達は批判に対して鈍感である。
On the whole, the elite are not sensitive to criticism.
鈍い音にぶいおとNounExpressionFreq #11429
1

dull sound; muffled sound

愚鈍ぐどんNoun～な Adj.Freq #21713
1

stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow

鈍器どんきNounFreq #22379
1

blunt weapon

鈍重どんじゅうNoun～な Adj.Freq #25558
1

thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; stolid; bovine

2

slow (of one's movements); sluggish

鈍色にびいろにぶいろどんじきNounFreq #27805
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

dark gray; dark grey

2

どんじき only

donjiki (clerical dress)

鈍痛どんつうNounFreq #30130
1

dull pain

Examples
ここに鈍痛があります。
I have a dull ache here.
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