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ぬるい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
温い
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Readings : ぬるい    ぬくい   
温い can be read in 2 ways: ぬるい (90%), ぬくい (10%).
1. lukewarm; tepid  (ぬくい is primarily used in Western Japan; often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to form 温い, 微温い)
2. lenient  (see also: 緩い:ゆるい; often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading ぬるい)
3. slow; stupid  (see also: ; often written with kana only; archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading ぬくい)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 83,011 which gives a rank of 9,015
温い is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 157,000 (about 510,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
ふろ
風呂
あつ
すぎる
ので
みず
めて
ぬるくする
As the bath is too hot, I will run some cold water into it.
もなく
ふろ
風呂
かれ
れる
ほどぬるくなりました
Soon the bath was cool enough for him to get into.
このコーヒーぬるいです
This coffee is not hot enough.
ぬるい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 88,000 (about 2,620,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 580 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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緩い
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Reading : ぬるい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 56,000 (about 7,660,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 15028
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微温い
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Reading : ぬるい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 244,000 (about 26,200 results)
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オン   あたた warm, genial   あたたかい warm   あたたまる to get warm   あたためる to heat   
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スイ   みず water   
さら dish   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
カン   ゆる loose   ゆるやか gentle, lenient   ゆる to be/become loose   ゆるめる to loosen   
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claw your one friend
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claw
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ユウ   とも friend   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
また again   
シ   いと thread   
ビ   minute, slight
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step
one pair of legs
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legs
ぼく strike   
サン   やま mountain   
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