JLPT N1 · な-adjective

鈍感 (donkan)

鈍感 (どんかん, donkan) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “thickheaded; insensitive”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: どんかん
Romaji: donkan
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

概してエリート達は批判に対して鈍感である。

On the whole, the elite are not sensitive to criticism.

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

Conjugation of 鈍感

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	鈍感だ	どんかんだ donkanda
Present (polite)	鈍感です	どんかんです donkandesu
Negative	鈍感じゃない	どんかんじゃない donkanjanai
Past	鈍感だった	どんかんだった donkandatta
Negative past	鈍感じゃなかった	どんかんじゃなかった donkanjanakatta
Te-form	鈍感で	どんかんで donkande
Before a noun	鈍感な	どんかんな donkanna
Adverb (~ni)	鈍感に	どんかんに donkanni

Kanji in 鈍感

鈍

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

感

emotion, feeling, sensationカン · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 鈍感.

鈍いにぶいdull (e.g. a knife)鈍いのろいthickheaded鈍るにぶるto become blunt感覚かんかくsense感じかんじfeeling感謝かんしゃthanks感情かんじょうemotion感心かんしんadmiration感想かんそうimpressions感動かんどうbeing deeply moved emotionally感じるかんじるto feel感かんfeeling感激かんげきdeep emotion実感じっかんreal feeling

Source: JMdict entry 1457600 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.