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nukui
i adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

nurui
[ぬる()·]
nurui
[ぬる()·]
nurui
[()·()·]
nurui
[ぬく()·]
nukui

English Meaning(s) for ぬくい

i adjective
  1. lukewarm; tepid (ぬくい is primarily used in Western Japan)
  2. lenient
  3. slow; stupid

Definition and Synonyms for ぬくい

Tepidness a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin
Synonyms: ぬるい, 微温
Warm having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
Synonyms: ぬるい, 暖か, 暖かい, , 温和, 温暖, 温順
Loose not tight
Synonyms: ぬるい, ぶかぶか, ゆるゆる, 寛緩, 緩い
Soft yielding readily to pressure or weight
Synonyms: やわ, ぬるい, ソフト, ちょろい, やりこい, マイルド, ふにゃふにゃ, , 柔い, 柔ら, 柔らか, 柔らかい, 滑らか, 緩い, 軟弱, 軟調
Tender given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
Synonyms: ぬるい, ささやか, 優しい, 暖か, 暖かい, 細やか
Kind agreeable, conducive to comfort
Synonyms: ぬるい, にこやか, 和やか, 暖か, 暖かい, 温和
Lax emptying easily or excessively
Synonyms: ぬるい, ゆるゆる, 寛緩, 緩い
Cowardly lacking courage
Synonyms: ぬるい, だらしない, 不甲斐ない, 女々しい, 小心, 小胆, 弱気, 心弱い, 怯弱, 意気地のない, 柔弱, 臆病, 軟弱
Soft tolerant or lenient
Synonyms: うまい, ぬるい, 寛仁, 寛仁, 寛大, 寛容, 寛闊, 手ぬるい, 甘い, 緩い, 緩か, 緩やか
Lax lacking in rigor or strictness
Synonyms: ぬるい, ちょろい, しまらない, だらしない, 与太, 底抜け, 手ぬるい, 放漫, 無精, 粗略, 締まりのない, 緩い, 緩慢, 閉まる
Slack not tense or taut
Synonyms: ぬるい, ゆるゆる, 緩い, 緩む
Cowardly ignobly timid and faint-hearted
Synonyms: ぬるい, だらしない, 不甲斐ない, 女々しい, 小心, 小胆, 弱気, 心弱い, 怯弱, 意気地のない, 柔弱, 臆病, 軟弱
Loose not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
Synonyms: ぬるい, ぶかぶか, ゆるゆる, 寛緩, 緩い

Categories ぬくい is a member of

Warmness the quality of having a moderate degree of heat
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Conjugations for ぬくい

Adjective stem
nuku
te-form
nukukute
Negative te-form
nukukunakute
Adverbial Form
nukuku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
nukui
Present Indicative Negative Form
nukukunai
Past Indicative Form
nukukatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
nukukunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
nukukereba
Present Indicative Negative Form
nukukunakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
nukukunakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
nukukattara
Present Indicative Negative Form
nukukunakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
nukusa

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