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脳たりん (のうたりん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

脳のうたりん

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Meanings

1

noun

dimwit; simpleton; slow-witted person

A derogatory, colloquial noun for someone who is stupid or slow on the uptake. Often used in casual, sometimes insulting, speech.

あいつは脳のうたりんだから、何なにを言いっても無む駄だだ。
That guy's a dimwit, so it's no use telling him anything.

2

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', pre-noun adjectival

Written forms

脳のうたりん
Most common kanji spelling. The たりん part is a colloquial contraction of 足りない.
脳のう足たりん
Alternate spelling using the full kanji 足. Less common but still seen.
ノータリン
- のうたりん
  Katakana spelling, often used for emphasis or in casual writing.
- ノータリン
  kana-only spelling

Kanji

脳

; pig-ignorant

Used as a pre-noun adjective (e.g., 脳たりんな奴) to describe someone or something as stupid or idiotic. Strongly derogatory.

そんな脳のうたりんな考かんがえは捨すてろ。
Get rid of that stupid idea.

brain, memory

足leg, foot, be sufficient

Similar words

馬ば鹿か
馬鹿 is a more common and versatile insult for 'fool' or 'idiot', while 脳たりん specifically emphasizes lack of intelligence or slow-wittedness and is more colloquial.
阿あ呆ほう
阿呆 is a Kansai-dialect term for 'fool', similar in meaning but regionally marked, whereas 脳たりん is not dialect-specific.

Etymology

Derived from 脳 (のう, 'brain') + 足りん (たりん), a colloquial contraction of 足りない (たりない, 'insufficient'). Literally 'brain-deficient', used as a derogatory term for a stupid person.