JLPT N5 · Kana adjectives & expressions

つまらない

boring

Stroke order of つまらない

5 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

つ · 1 strokes ま · 3 strokes ら · 2 strokes な · 4 strokes い · 2 strokes

Memory trick

TSUMARANAI — 'sue ma, ran I' boring

Parts: I-adjective

The characters in つまらない

つつ — tsu (1 strokes)
まま — ma (3 strokes)
らら — ra (2 strokes)
なな — na (4 strokes)
いい — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

この映画はつまらない。

このえいがはつまらない。

This movie is boring.

More words: Kana adjectives & expressions

いいgood きれいpretty; clean いろいろvarious だめno good; not allowed けっこうfine; enough; quite おいしいdelicious かわいいcute うるさいnoisy; annoying まずいbad-tasting すてきlovely; wonderful ほしいwant ちいさなsmall; little おおきなbig へたunskillful; bad at

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