鈍感|どんかんdonkan[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjective, nounthickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
    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.
Conjugation
Plain form鈍感(どんかん)
Polite (desu)鈍感です(どんかんです)
Negative (dewa nai)鈍感ではない(どんかんではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)鈍感ではありません(どんかんではありません)
Past (datta)鈍感だった(どんかんだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)鈍感ではなかった(どんかんではなかった)
Te form (de)鈍感で(どんかんで)
Adverbial (ni)鈍感に(どんかんに)
Conditional (nara)鈍感なら(どんかんなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym無感覚むかんかくNeutralNumbness or apathy — a complete lack of feeling or sensation. 「鈍感」 instead stresses being slow to react to people's emotions or the mood.
  • Antonym敏感びんかんNeutralSensitive — the opposite of 「鈍感」, which is slow to react.
  • Antonym鋭敏えいびんWrittenSharp and keen; written/formal prose. The opposite of 「鈍感」's dullness.

Use 「鈍感」 for someone slow to pick up on others' feelings or the mood, as in 「鈍感な人」「鈍感力」. For a complete lack of sensation say 「無感覚」; for sensitive, 「敏感」; for sharp or keen, 「鋭敏」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 感覚かんかくが鈍にぶいこと。又また、感受性かんじゅせいを持もたないこと。
  2. 人ひとの心境しんきょうを察知さっちする洞察力どうさつりょくに乏とぼしいこと。
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