JLPT N2 · い-adjective

鈍い (noroi)

鈍い (のろい, noroi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “thickheaded; obtuse”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: のろい
Romaji: noroi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

thickheaded; obtuse; stupid · い-adjective · usually written in kana
slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic · い-adjective · usually written in kana
indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

大きくて、のろくて、無口でした。

He was big and slow and silent.

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

Conjugation of 鈍い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	鈍い	のろい noroi
Negative	鈍くない	のろくない norokunai
Past	鈍かった	のろかった norokatta
Negative past	鈍くなかった	のろくなかった norokunakatta
Te-form	鈍くて	のろくて norokute
Adverb (~ku)	鈍く	のろく noroku
Conditional (~ba)	鈍ければ	のろければ norokereba

Kanji in 鈍い

鈍

dull, slow, foolishドン・にぶ.い・にぶ.る · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 鈍い.

鈍感どんかんthickheaded鈍るにぶるto become blunt

Source: JMdict entry 2838553 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.