N21548/1725

鈍にぶい

い adjectiveadjective (generic)

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にぶい

Meanings

dull (e.g. a knife), blunt
thickheaded, obtuse, stupid
dull (sound, color, etc.), dim (light)
slow, sluggish, inert, lethargic
insensitive, dull (e.g. reflexes), unperceptive, unfeeling

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Example sentences

このナイフは刃はが鈍にぶくて全然ぜんぜん切きれない。

This knife has a dull blade and won't cut at all.

彼かれは反応はんのうが鈍にぶいので、危険きけんに気きづくのが遅おそい。

Because his reflexes are dull, he is slow to notice danger.

痛いたみ止どめのせいか、感覚かんかくが鈍にぶくなっている。

Perhaps because of the painkiller, my sense of feeling has become dull.

遠とおくから鈍にぶい音おとが聞きこえてきた。

A dull sound could be heard from far away.

長年ながねんの運動不足うんどうぶそくで、体からだの動うごきがすっかり鈍にぶくなってしまった。

Due to years of lack of exercise, my body's movements have become completely sluggish.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)