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Kanji

鈍

dull, slow, foolish, blunt

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

金部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ドン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

にぶい, にぶる, にぶ-, なまる, なまくら

Common Readings

ドン, にぶ…い, にぶ…る

Example sentences

鈍い にぶい
彼は他人の気持ちに少し鈍い。

He is a bit slow to notice other people's feelings.

鈍る にぶる
練習を怠ると、すぐに勘が鈍ってしまう。

If you neglect practice, your intuition will quickly dull.

鈍感 どんかん
彼は人の気持ちに鈍感だ。

He is insensitive to other people's feelings.

鈍い音 にぶいおと
暗闇の中で、何かが地面に落ちる鈍い音がした。

In the darkness, there was a dull thud of something falling to the ground.

鈍器 どんき
警察は現場で見つかった鈍器を証拠として保管した。

The police stored the blunt instrument found at the scene as evidence.

愚鈍 ぐどん
彼は愚鈍な人に見えるが、実は優秀な技術者だ。

He looks like a dull-witted person, but he is actually a highly capable engineer.

鈍色 にびいろ
彼女は鈍色の喪服を着ていた。

She was wearing a dark gray mourning dress.

鈍重 どんじゅう
その大型ロボットには鈍重という印象があるが、重い荷物を正確に運べる。

The large robot seems sluggish, but it can carry heavy loads accurately.

Example Vocabulary

鈍い

にぶい

dull; slow; thick-headed

鈍る

にぶる

to become dull; to weaken

鈍感

どんかん

insensitive; thick-skinned; oblivious

鈍い音

にぶいおと

dull sound; thud

鈍器

どんき

blunt instrument; blunt object

愚鈍

ぐどん

dull-witted; slow to understand; stupid

鈍色

にびいろ

dark gray; mouse color (especially for mourning clothes)

鈍重

どんじゅう

sluggish; heavy and slow-moving

鈍痛

どんつう

鈍足

どんそく

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