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[ぬく()·]
nukui
i adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

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

English Meaning(s) for 温い

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

Definition and Synonyms for 温い

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

Meanings for each kanji in 温い

» warm

Categories 温い is a member of

Warmness the quality of having a moderate degree of heat
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 温い

Conjugations for 温い

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

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