つまらない
つまらない
hepburn tsumaranai
boring, dull
Part of speech · i-adjective
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- この映画はつまらないです。This movie is boring.
- つまらないものですが、どうぞ。It's a trifle, but please accept it.
Collocations
つまらない (tsumaranai, boring / trivial)面白い (omoshiroi, interesting — antonym)つまらないもの (tsumaranai mono, "trifling thing" — gift humility)くだらない (kudaranai, silly / nonsense)退屈 (taikutsu, boredom — na-adj noun)
Mnemonic
tsumaranai — the negative of 詰まる (tsumaru, to fill): "not filled, hollow inside." Pleasure that never fills the cup is dull; value that never fills it is trifling. "Tsumaranai mono desu ga, douzo" lowers one's own gift in ritual humility, and the receiver never agrees — "sonna koto nai desu yo," they push back. Kanji-reading kin: 詰 surfaces as Korean 'hil' (詰問), Mandarin jié.
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