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鈍い is an exact match with one form of the following word:
鈍い
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Readings : にぶい    のろい   
鈍い can be read in 2 ways: にぶい (70%), のろい (30%).
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)
3. dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)  (this meaning is restricted to reading にぶい)
4. slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic
5. indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting  (this meaning is restricted to reading のろい)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 103,473 which gives a rank of 5,378
鈍い is the most useful form. 2 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 used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 77,000 (about 3,670,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4143 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 30 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
かれ
どうさ
動作
にぶ

He is slow in action.
かぜ
風邪
かれ
みかく
味覚
にぶ
なっていた
A cold dulled his taste.
かれ
かんかく
感覚
にぶ

He has dull senses.
にぶい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 205,000 (about 223,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 30 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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のろい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 130,000 (about 805,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5763 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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ドン   にぶ dull   にぶ to become dull   
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キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
トン    barracks   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
sprout (ie, new shoot of a plant)   
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