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nurui
i adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

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

English Meaning(s) for ぬるい

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

Definition and Synonyms for ぬるい

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 ぬるい is a member of

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

Conjugations for ぬるい

Adjective stem
nuru
te-form
nurukute
Negative te-form
nurukunakute
Adverbial Form
nuruku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
nurui
Present Indicative Negative Form
nurukunai
Past Indicative Form
nurukatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
nurukunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
nurukereba
Present Indicative Negative Form
nurukunakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
nurukunakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
nurukattara
Present Indicative Negative Form
nurukunakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
nurusa

Sample Sentences for ぬるい

Lukewarm Calpis is sweet, but if you add some ice it becomes a bit sour.
As the bath is too hot, I will run some cold water into it.
This coffee is not hot enough.
Soon the bath was cool enough for him to get into.
The bath was not hot enough and I was unable to enjoy it.

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