まずい
N5 mazui
- unpleasant
い-adjective
Also written 不味い
Chinese meanings
难吃;不妙
Examples
- あ!まずい!ガソリンが切れてきた。Oh, no! We're running out of gas.啊!糟了!汽油快没了。
- ひもじい時にまずいものなし。A good appetite is a good sauce.饿的时候,什么东西都好吃。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b19034ded1'); // まずい
{
"id": "b19034ded1",
"word": "まずい",
"reading": "まずい",
"romaji": "mazui",
"meanings": [
"unpleasant"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1495000,
"other_forms": [
"不味い"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "あ!まずい!ガソリンが切れてきた。",
"furigana": "あ!まずい!ガソリンが{切|き}れてきた。",
"en": "Oh, no! We're running out of gas.",
"tatoeba_id": 234772
},
{
"ja": "ひもじい時にまずいものなし。",
"furigana": "ひもじい{時|とき}にまずいものなし。",
"en": "A good appetite is a good sauce.",
"tatoeba_id": 197452
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "bdd1df7e06ac46cb2a435b17a996565e5fe1313fb12e0f1dce59f9bc0399bb50",
"meanings": [
"难吃;不妙"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "あ!まずい!ガソリンが切れてきた。",
"zh": "啊!糟了!汽油快没了。"
},
{
"ja": "ひもじい時にまずいものなし。",
"zh": "饿的时候,什么东西都好吃。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/b19034ded1",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "208230226181846d27d3a239936512a7f6d7179ccc1d138b81cf041c9139667c"
}
}