鈍い
N2にぶい nibui
- dull (e.g. a knife)
- thickheaded
- slow (opposite of fast)
- stupid
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
迟钝;不敏锐;钝
Examples
- お兄さんと比べて、彼は運動神経が鈍い。Compared with his brother, he is a poor athlete.和哥哥相比,他运动神经不灵敏。
- たとえ私は頭が鈍くとも少なくとも勤勉だ。If I am dull, I am at least industrious.即使我头脑迟钝,至少我很勤奋。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9aeb7de3a0'); // 鈍い
{
"id": "9aeb7de3a0",
"word": "鈍い",
"reading": "にぶい",
"romaji": "nibui",
"meanings": [
"dull (e.g. a knife)",
"thickheaded",
"slow (opposite of fast)",
"stupid"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1582430,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "お兄さんと比べて、彼は運動神経が鈍い。",
"furigana": "お{兄|にい}さんと{比|くら}べて、{彼|かれ}は{運動神経|うんどうしんけい}が{鈍|にぶ}い。",
"en": "Compared with his brother, he is a poor athlete.",
"tatoeba_id": 227196
},
{
"ja": "たとえ私は頭が鈍くとも少なくとも勤勉だ。",
"furigana": "たとえ{私|わたし}は{頭|あたま}が{鈍|にぶ}くとも{少|すく}なくとも{勤勉|きんべん}だ。",
"en": "If I am dull, I am at least industrious.",
"tatoeba_id": 203489
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "372c627fd30c29594bf889cb34712163b8d38c838e972c218ab1c5cdb2759e15",
"meanings": [
"迟钝",
"不敏锐",
"钝"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "お兄さんと比べて、彼は運動神経が鈍い。",
"zh": "和哥哥相比,他运动神经不灵敏。"
},
{
"ja": "たとえ私は頭が鈍くとも少なくとも勤勉だ。",
"zh": "即使我头脑迟钝,至少我很勤奋。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/9aeb7de3a0",
"JMdict ent_seq 1582430; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "8f400a92994e38b95241cbe5580ea2cab052f57f27f2dede5d20840f723b5460"
}
}