JLPT N5 · い-adjective

つまらない (tsumaranai)

つまらない is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “dull; uninteresting”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つまらない
Romaji: tsumaranai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious · い-adjective · usually written in kana
insignificant; unimportant; trifling; trivial; worthless · い-adjective · usually written in kana
absurd; foolish; silly; stupid · い-adjective · usually written in kana
useless; pointless; disappointing · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

あの新しい映画は、つまらんかった。

That new movie was a bummer.

Tatoeba #230825

あの男はよくつまらぬことで誰にでも因縁をつける。

He often uses the slightest thing as a pretext for a fight with anybody.

Tatoeba #230602

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of つまらない

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	つまらない	つまらない tsumaranai
Negative	つまらなくない	つまらなくない tsumaranakunai
Past	つまらなかった	つまらなかった tsumaranakatta
Negative past	つまらなくなかった	つまらなくなかった tsumaranakunakatta
Te-form	つまらなくて	つまらなくて tsumaranakute
Adverb (~ku)	つまらなく	つまらなく tsumaranaku
Conditional (~ba)	つまらなければ	つまらなければ tsumaranakereba

Source: JMdict entry 1008190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.