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鈍る (namaru)

to become less capable, to grow dull, to become blunt, to weaken

  • JLPT N1
  • Godan verb

Meaning

鈍る (なまる, namaru) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “to become less capable, to grow dull, to become blunt, to weaken”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 6

飲のめば飲のむほど注ちゅう意力いりょくが鈍にぶる。

The more you drink, the less careful you will be.

「最近、書道してないんだ」「そうなんだ。たまにはしないと勘が鈍るよ」

"I haven't done any calligraphy lately." "Is that so? If you don't practice every so often you'll start to lose your touch."

「最近、書道してないんだ」「そうなんだ。たまにはしないと腕が鈍るよ」

"I haven't done any calligraphy recently." "Oh, really? Well, if you keep putting it off, you'll lose your touch."

年をとればとるほど、記憶力はにぶるものだ。

The older we get, the weaker our memory becomes.

Conjugation table

鈍る (なまる) is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionary鈍る なまるnamaru
Negative鈍らない なまらないnamaranai
Past鈍った なまったnamatta
Past negative鈍らなかった なまらなかったnamaranakatta
Polite (ます)鈍ります なまりますnamarimasu
Polite negative鈍りません なまりませんnamarimasen
Polite past鈍りました なまりましたnamarimashita
Polite past negative鈍りませんでした なまりませんでしたnamarimasendeshita
Te-form鈍って なまってnamatte
Conditional (ば)鈍れば なまればnamareba
Conditional (たら)鈍ったら なまったらnamattara
Potential鈍れる なまれるnamareru
Passive鈍られる なまられるnamarareru
Causative鈍らせる なまらせるnamaraseru
Causative-passive鈍らせられる なまらせられるnamaraserareru
Volitional鈍ろう なまろうnamarou
Volitional polite鈍りましょう なまりましょうnamarimashou
Imperative鈍れ なまれnamare
Desire (たい)鈍りたい なまりたいnamaritai

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