Word Meaning 不味い

まずい mazui

不味い is read as まずい (mazui) and means ugly.

Meaning

English

  1. ugly
  2. unattractive
  3. homely
  4. plain
  5. poor
  6. unskillful
  7. unskilful
  8. bungling

Reading

Kana

まずい

Romaji

mazui

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Synonyms 大味な,不味な Antonyms 旨い,美味しい Rank 1064 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

不気味

ぶきみ

weird

不味

ふみ

distaste

不味る

まずる

to bungle

不気味の谷

ぶきみのたに

uncanny valley (hypothesis about humanoid robots)

意味不明

いみふめい

of uncertain meaning

意味不

いみふ

of uncertain meaning

不払い

ふばらい

nonpayment

不似合い

ふにあい

unbecoming

不十分

ふじゅうぶん

insufficient

不明

ふめい

unknown

不安

ふあん

anxiety

Example Sentences

8

そのみせのりょうりはまずい。

The food at that restaurant tastes bad.

The fish doesn't taste good.

This fruit has a bad taste.

This medicine tastes horrible.

This fruit has a bad taste.

Their pizza is really bad.

Why is this pizza so bad?

At the age of 5, my daughter says things like, "I don't like lacto ice cream because it doesn't taste good. Make it ice cream or ice milk."