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    3. 鈍い

    鈍い

    鈍のろい​

    thickheaded

    N2KMT8CoreAdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    のろい

    Adjective

    1.
    thickheaded, obtuse, stupid
    word usually written using kana alone
    2.
    slow, sluggish, inert, lethargic
    word usually written using kana alone
    3.
    indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex), doting
    word usually written using kana alone

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれの反はんの応うは少すこし鈍のろい。

    His reaction is a little slow.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょは頭あたまの回かい転てんが鈍のろいので、理り解かいするのに時じ間かんがかかる。

    She is slow-witted, so it takes time for her to understand.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    鈍のろい痛いたみは、いつの間まにか全ぜん身しんに広ひろがっていた。

    The dull pain had spread throughout my body before I knew it.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & Health
    彼かれは鈍のろい性せい格かくなので、冗じょう談だんが通つうじにくいことがある。

    He has a dull personality, so sometimes he doesn't get jokes easily.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    経けい済ざい成せい長ちょうが鈍のろいと、社しゃ会かい全ぜん体たいに停てい滞たい感かんが広ひろがる。

    If economic growth is sluggish, a sense of stagnation spreads throughout society.

    KMT9Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    鈍
    にぶ.い・にぶ.る・にぶ-・なま.る・なまく.ら…(1)
    dull・slow・foolish・blunt
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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