Word Meaning 鈍感

どんかん donkan

鈍感 is read as どんかん (donkan) and means thickheaded.

Meaning

English

  1. thickheaded
  2. insensitive
  3. dull
  4. thick-skinned

Reading

Kana

どんかん

Romaji

donkan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Antonyms 敏感,鋭敏 Rank 7749 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鈍感力

どんかんりょく

The Power of Insensitivity (book by Junichi Watanabe)

鈍る

なまる

to become blunt

鈍い

にぶい

dull (e.g. a knife)

どん

dull

鈍化

どんか

becoming dull

鈍い

のろい

indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex)

鈍行

どんこう

local train

鈍らす

にぶらす

to blunt

快感

かいかん

pleasant feeling

量感

りょうかん

voluminous

無力感

むりょくかん

sense of helplessness

学習性無力感

がくしゅうせいむりょくかん

learned helplessness

Example Sentences

7

どんかんなひとはかんじょうににぶい。

insensitive people are dull to emotions.

どんかんなげんどうはときにもんだいをひきおこす。

insensitive behavior sometimes causes problems.

どんかんなひとにあどばいすしてもむだだ。

giving advice to an insensitive person is pointless.

That person is insensitive, aren't they?

This protagonist is too insensitive.

She's just pretending to be insensitive.

On the whole, the elite are not sensitive to criticism.