鈍る

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鈍
にぶ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「鈍る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		鈍る にぶる
Imperative (命令形) 鈍れ にぶれ
Key constructions
Passive 鈍られる にぶられる
Causative 鈍らせる にぶらせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 鈍ろう にぶろー
Negative 鈍らない にぶらない
Negative perfective 鈍らなかった にぶらなかった
Formal 鈍ります にぶります
Perfective 鈍った にぶった
Conjunctive 鈍って にぶって
Hypothetical conditional 鈍れば にぶれば

Verb

鈍(にぶ)る • (niburu) intransitive godan (stem 鈍(にぶ)り (niburi), past 鈍(にぶ)った (nibutta))

  1. become blunt
  2. decline in ability or energy, lose one's edge
Conjugation
Conjugation of "鈍る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 鈍ら にぶら nibura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 鈍り にぶり niburi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 鈍る にぶる niburu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 鈍る にぶる niburu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 鈍れ にぶれ nibure
Meireikei ("imperative") 鈍れ にぶれ nibure
Key constructions
Passive 鈍られる にぶられる niburareru
Causative 鈍らせる
鈍らす 		にぶらせる
にぶらす 		niburaseru
niburasu
Potential 鈍れる にぶれる nibureru
Volitional 鈍ろう にぶろう niburō
Negative 鈍らない にぶらない niburanai
Negative continuative 鈍らず にぶらず niburazu
Formal 鈍ります にぶります niburimasu
Perfective 鈍った にぶった nibutta
Conjunctive 鈍って にぶって nibutte
Hypothetical conditional 鈍れば にぶれば nibureba

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鈍
なま
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

鈍(なま)る • (namaru) intransitive godan (stem 鈍(なま)り (namari), past 鈍(なま)った (namatta))

  1. become blunt
  2. decline in ability or energy, lose one's edge
  3. lose skill, decline in competence, get rusty
Conjugation
Conjugation of "鈍る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 鈍ら なまら namara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 鈍り なまり namari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 鈍る なまる namaru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 鈍る なまる namaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 鈍れ なまれ namare
Meireikei ("imperative") 鈍れ なまれ namare
Key constructions
Passive 鈍られる なまられる namarareru
Causative 鈍らせる
鈍らす 		なまらせる
なまらす 		namaraseru
namarasu
Potential 鈍れる なまれる namareru
Volitional 鈍ろう なまろう namarō
Negative 鈍らない なまらない namaranai
Negative continuative 鈍らず なまらず namarazu
Formal 鈍ります なまります namarimasu
Perfective 鈍った なまった namatta
Conjunctive 鈍って なまって namatte
Hypothetical conditional 鈍れば なまれば namareba

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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