JLPT N5 · い-adjective

まずい (mazui)

まずい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “bad(-tasting); unpalatable”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: まずい
Romaji: mazui
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

bad(-tasting); unpalatable; unsavoury; unsavory; awful · い-adjective · usually written in kana
poor; unskillful; unskilful; bungling; clumsy · い-adjective · usually written in kana · occ. as 拙い
ugly; unattractive; homely; plain · い-adjective · usually written in kana
awkward; problematic; troublesome; unfavorable; unfavourable · い-adjective · usually written in kana
oh no; uh-oh; this is bad · interjection · usually written in kana

Example sentences

すき腹にまずいものなし。

Hunger is the best sauce.

Tatoeba #214992

彼の筆跡は大変まずい。なにがなんだかわからない。

His handwriting is very poor, I cannot make head or tail of it.

Tatoeba #116298

あ！まずい！ガソリンが切れてきた。

Oh, no! We're running out of gas.

Tatoeba #234772

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of まずい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	まずい	まずい mazui
Negative	まずくない	まずくない mazukunai
Past	まずかった	まずかった mazukatta
Negative past	まずくなかった	まずくなかった mazukunakatta
Te-form	まずくて	まずくて mazukute
Adverb (~ku)	まずく	まずく mazuku
Conditional (~ba)	まずければ	まずければ mazukereba

Source: JMdict entry 1495000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.