鈍い (にぶい): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

鈍い (にぶい) means dull / slow / thickheaded.

See example sentences below.

鈍い at a glance

鈍い

にぶいnibui

N2adj

dull / slow / thickheaded

鈍いにぶいnibuiN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

dull / slow / thickheaded

Example 1

このナイフは切れ味が鈍い。

Translation

This knife's cutting edge is dull.

Example 2

彼は少し頭が鈍いところがある。

Translation

He is a bit slow-witted sometimes.