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Is term 神経{しんけい}の鈍{にぶ}い commonly used to describe a direct person?
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Is term 神経の鈍い (insensitive) common?
Do you mean "honest person" by "direct person"? If so, no. 神経の鈍い means "dull"
or "slow." and it has only negative nuances.
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I searched for the meaning of "direst person"
[here](https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100709183545AAjIqM7),
where it is written directly as:

I am a very direct person. Tell it like it is, honest, straight to the point.
I dont mean it in a harmful way and appreciate when others are the same with
me...

Now I'm thinking about the possible answers as:
空気｛くうき｝の読｛よ｝めない人、無神経｛むしんけい｝な人、忖度｛そんたく｝しない人｛ひと｝...。

By the way, 忖度｛そんたく｝ _sontaku_ or 忖度｛そんたく｝する _sontaku-suru_ was a buzz word in
Japan several months ago.

I don't think a direct person would 忖度｛そんたく｝する _sontaku-suru_ , and he would
not like to 空気｛くうき｝を読｛よ｝む _kuuki-wo-yomu_.

According to the article
[here](http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2017/03/23/moritomo-sontaku-in-
english_n_15572790.html) the meaning of 忖度 _sontaku_ is very difficult to
tanslate into English. In this article there are several minute and careful
translations.

If you allow me to translate _sontaku-suru_ into English, I would say _to
stand in the situation of the partner and snuggle up to the feeling of
him/her_. So, I said a _direct person_ would not like to _sontaku-suru_.
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> Is term 神経の鈍い (insensitive) common?

For "insensitive (person)", I think 「[無神経]{むしんけい}な（人）」「[鈍感]{どんかん}な（人）」 are
quite common. 「神経の(orが)鈍い（人）」 or just 「鈍い（人）」 would also be fine. (Some people
may use 「デリカシーの(orが)ない（人）」 but this might sound a bit old-fashioned.)

> Is term 神経の鈍い commonly used to describe a direct person?

I don't think so. For "direct (person)", I think 「[率直]{そっちょく}な（人）」 or
「はっきりした（人）」 would be more common.
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"insensitive" may be not the best translation here.

Taken literally, the expression means "(someone) with dull/blunt nerves", i.e.
someone who does not get nervous/excited easily or is not affected by outside
annoyances.

"thick-skinned" may be a better one. If you do pick "insensitive", it would be
in the sense "unfeeling". I doubt "direct" works at all here.

if you do need a good term for "direct", I'd suggest you to make a new
question, explaining what exact meaning of "direct" you need and what options
you found.
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