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.
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Used in vocabulary
鈍い
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; stupid; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light); slow; sluggish; inert; …
I-adjective
鈍い
thickheaded; obtuse; stupid; slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
I-adjective
鈍重
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; stolid; bovine; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
Na-adjective