鈍く
にぶく · nibuku
JLPT N2 i-adjective 連用形
鈍く is the masu-stem of 鈍い — dull (e.g. a knife), blunt.
- thickheaded, obtuse, stupid
- dull (sound, color, etc.), dim (light)
How it’s built
鈍い
鈍く
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
鈍い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 鈍い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 鈍い
| Negative (ない形) | 鈍くないにぶくない |
| Past (た形) | 鈍かったにぶかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 鈍くなかったにぶくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 鈍くてにぶくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) ← this one | 鈍くにぶく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 鈍いにぶい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 鈍ければにぶければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 鈍かったらにぶかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 鈍くなるにぶくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 鈍すぎるにぶすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
鈍けれ鈍きゃ鈍けりゃ鈍かろ鈍かろう鈍かろふ鈍い鈍う鈍かっ鈍えSave your words
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