鈍

Meaning

鈍 centers on a lack of sharpness or quickness: something dull, blunt, slow, or mentally sluggish. The meanings extend naturally from physical bluntness to slow-wittedness.

• 鈍いにぶい
  N3

  dull (e.g. a knife); blunt

• 鈍いのろい
  N1

  thickheaded; obtuse; stupid

• 鈍感どんかん
  N1

  thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

• 鈍るにぶる
  N1

  to become blunt; to grow dull

• 鈍どん

  dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained

• 鈍器どんき

  blunt weapon

• 鈍化どんか

  becoming dull; slowing down

• 愚鈍ぐどん

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

• 鈍行どんこう

  local train; slow train

• 鈍痛どんつう

  dull pain

• 鈍らなまくら

  blunt (e.g. sword); dull

• 鈍重どんじゅう

  thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; stolid; bovine

• 鈍甲どんこ

  dark sleeper (species of sleeper goby, Odontobutis obscura)

• 鈍色にびいろ

  dark gray; dark grey

• 鈍らすにぶらす

  to blunt; to dull; to weaken

• 利鈍りどん

  sharp or blunt; bright or foolish

• 勘が鈍るかんがにぶる

  to become insensitive; to become less perceptive; to lose one's touch; to get out of practice

• 妻鈍ジーさいのろジー

  uxoriousness; being easy on one's wife; man who is easy on his wife

• 椎鈍しいにび

  jet black

• 決心が鈍るけっしんがにぶる

  to waver in one's resolution

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