鈍い (のろい): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

鈍い (のろい) means slow / dull / thickheaded.

See example sentences below.

鈍い at a glance

鈍い

のろいnoroi

N2adj

slow / dull / thickheaded

鈍いのろいnoroiN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

slow / dull / thickheaded

Example 1

このナイフは切れ味が鈍い。

Translation

This knife is dull.

Example 2

彼は反応が少し鈍い。

Translation

His reactions are a bit slow.