Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
にぶ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • 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 [nìbúꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 鈍れ [nìbúꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive 鈍られる ぶられ [nìbúráréꜜrù]
Causative 鈍らせる ぶらせ [nìbúráséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 鈍ろう ぶろ [nìbúróꜜò]
Negative 鈍らない ぶらない [nìbúráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 鈍らなかった ぶらなかった [nìbúráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 鈍ります ぶりま [nìbúrímáꜜsù]
Perfective 鈍った った [nìbúꜜttà]
Conjunctive 鈍って って [nìbúꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 鈍れば れば [nìbúꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

(にぶ) (niburuintransitive godan (stem (にぶ) (niburi), past (にぶ)った (nibutta))

  1. become blunt
  2. decline in ability or energy, lose one's edge
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
なま
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(なま) (namaruintransitive godan (stem (なま) (namari), past (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 edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN