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32 words found beginning with '鈍'
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Most common form: 遅い
1. slow  (this meaning is restricted to form 遅い, 鈍い)
2. late (e.g. "late at night")
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1. dull (e.g. a knife); blunt  (this meaning is restricted to reading にぶい)
2. thickheaded; obtuse; stupid  (のろい is usu. in kana)
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thickheadedness; stolidity; insensitivity
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become blunt; to grow dull
2. to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
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obtuse angle
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becoming dull; slowing down
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noun
blunt weapon
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to blunt; to dull; to weaken
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ordinary train; slow train
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Most common form: にぶちん
noun
dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)  (see also: 鈍い; often written with kana only)
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