鈍にぶい音おと

expression, noun

dull sound; muffled sound

Describes a sound that is not sharp or clear, often because it is absorbed or softened. The phrase is a noun expression combining 鈍い (dull, blunt) and 音 (sound).

See also: 鈍い (にぶい)

• 壁かべの向むこうから鈍にぶい音おとが聞きこえた。

  I heard a dull sound from the other side of the wall.

• 彼かれは鈍にぶい音おとを立たてて床ゆかに倒たおれた。

  He fell to the floor with a muffled thud.