JLPT N1 · Verb

鈍る (niburu)

鈍る (にぶる, niburu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to become blunt; to grow dull”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: にぶる
Romaji: niburu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to become blunt; to grow dull · godan verb, intransitive
to become less capable; to weaken; to falter · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

テレビは創造力を鈍らせる力がある。

Television can dull our creative power.

Tatoeba #201979

インフレ進行度は鈍っている。

The rate of inflation is slowing down.

Tatoeba #228346

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

Conjugation of 鈍る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	鈍る	にぶる niburu
Polite (~masu)	鈍ります	にぶります niburimasu
Negative	鈍らない	にぶらない niburanai
Polite negative	鈍りません	にぶりません niburimasen
Past	鈍った	にぶった nibutta
Polite past	鈍りました	にぶりました niburimashita
Negative past	鈍らなかった	にぶらなかった niburanakatta
Te-form	鈍って	にぶって nibutte
Potential	鈍れる	にぶれる nibureru
Passive	鈍られる	にぶられる niburareru
Causative	鈍らせる	にぶらせる niburaseru
Volitional	鈍ろう	にぶろう niburou
Imperative	鈍れ	にぶれ nibure
Conditional (~ba)	鈍れば	にぶれば nibureba

Kanji in 鈍る

鈍

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 鈍る.

鈍いにぶいdull (e.g. a knife)鈍いのろいthickheaded鈍感どんかんthickheaded

Source: JMdict entry 1582440 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.