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Keyword
dull
  • slow
  • foolish
  • blunt
Frequency
#1574
Strokes
12
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
1611
Readings
ドン60%
にぶ40%
Mnemonic
Gold bars stored in the dusty barracks get scratched and scuffed by soldiers' boots until their shine fades and they look dull.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
鈍どん化か
becoming dull; slowing down
Noun
鈍にぶらす
to blunt; to dull; to weaken
Godan verb
鈍どん感かん
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
Na-adjective
鈍にぶい
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; stupid; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light); slow; sluggish; inert; …
I-adjective
鈍のろい
thickheaded; obtuse; stupid; slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
I-adjective
鈍どん
dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained
Na-adjective
鈍なまくら
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
Na-adjective
鈍どん器き
blunt weapon
Noun
鈍にぶる
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
Godan verb
鈍おそし
slow
Archaic adjective
鈍どん行こう
local train; slow train
Noun
愚ぐ鈍どん
stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow
Na-adjective
鈍どん痛つう
dull pain
Noun
鈍どん甲こ
dark sleeper (species of sleeper goby, Odontobutis obscura)
Noun
鈍どん重じゅう
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; stolid; bovine; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
Na-adjective
鈍色にびいろ
dark gray; dark grey
Noun
鈍どん麻ま
becoming numb; becoming desensitized
Noun
鈍どん角かく
obtuse angle
Noun
鈍どん子す
silk damask; satin damask
Noun
鈍どんする
to become dim-witted; to lose one's edge; to become insensitive
Suru verb
鈍なます
to anneal
Godan verb