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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

まずい

N5
mazui
  1. unpleasant
い-adjective

Also written 不味い

Chinese meanings

难吃;不妙

Examples

  • あ!まずい!ガソリンが切きれてきた。
    Oh, no! We're running out of gas.
    啊!糟了!汽油快没了。
  • ひもじい時ときにまずいものなし。
    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"
  }
}