Keyword
dull
Info
FrequencyTop 1300-1400
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1611
Readings
にぶ
(56%)
どん
(25%)
なま
(12%)
のろ
(2%)
にび
(2%)
Composed of
gold
barracks
Used in vocabulary (59 in total)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
dull sound; muffled sound
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
blunt weapon
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained
slow-footed
becoming dull; slowing down
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
to become less capable
to become insensitive; to become less perceptive; to lose one's touch; to get out of practice
to waver in one's resolution
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
ordinary train; slow train
becoming dull (of a knife, one's wits, etc.); becoming blunt
to blunt; to dull; to weaken
imbecility; stupidity
becoming numb; becoming desensitized
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
dullness; stupidity
dull or blunt sword
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
blockhead; a fool
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
dim-witted; airheaded; bird-brained; dim; dullard; blockheaded
poverty dulls the wit
stupidity; dull person; dullness
half-wit; fool; simpleton
slow-witted; dull; slow on the uptake
grey tinged with green; grey tinged with blue
sharp or blunt; bright or foolish
obtuse angle
slow-witted
dull-witted
to anneal
dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)
insensitive; thick-skinned
dull-witted; stupid; foolish
dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)
slow; time-consuming; sluggish; (arch.) dull; (arch.) stupid
silk damask; satin damask
dark sleeper (species of sleeper goby, Odontobutis obscura)
luck, steadfastness and patience (the three keys to achieving success)
obtuse (of the shape of a leaf); rounded
simulated annealing
Examples (5 in total)
Soles of the feet are insensitive to heat and cold.
She's just pretending to be insensitive.
On the whole, the elite are not sensitive to criticism.