How to say "thick-skinned" in Japanese

• 鈍感どんかんJLPT N1approx.Common
  na-adjective, nounCovers thick-skinned as dullness of one's own sensibility: a person who shrugs off criticism or teasing and is slow to take things to heart, without necessarily giving offense.
  概がいしてエリート達たちは批判ひはんに対たいして鈍感どんかんである。↗

  On the whole, the elite are not sensitive to criticism.
• 無神経むしんけいCommon
  na-adjective, nounCovers thick-skinned as callousness toward others: saying or doing things without regard for people's feelings. Typical of someone who makes hurtful remarks and seems oblivious to the offense they cause.
  クリスはとても失礼しつれいで無神経むしんけいだから私は彼かれが嫌きらいなの。↗

  I dislike Chris because he is very rude and insensitive.

Use 鈍感 for being thick-skinned in the sense of dull to slights and slow to take things to heart, and 無神経 for thick-skinned behavior that shows callous disregard for other people's feelings.

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• 鈍感どんかんthickheaded
• 無神経むしんけいinsensitive
• 神経の鈍いしんけいのにぶいinsensitive
• 無感覚むかんかくapathetic