Illustration: In a neighborhood gym, a returning badminton player in well-used sportswear bends forward with hands on knees after a short warm-up. Their racket hangs loosely from one wrist, and several easy shuttlecocks lie missed around their shoes.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

鈍なまる

namaru

to grow weak, to lose one’s edge

Also read にぶる, especially for slowing progress. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 筋肉きんにくがなまった。

    My muscles have become soft.

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  2. インフレ進行度しんこうどは鈍にぶっている。

    The rate of inflation is slowing down.

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  3. 俺おれって腕うでが鈍にぶったかな？

    Am I slipping?

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Kanji in 鈍

  • 鈍dull; slowOnドンKunにぶい・にぶる・なまる

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