まずい

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See also: ますい

Japanese

Etymology

Alternative spellings
不味い
拙い (uncommon)

Derived from 貧しい (mazushii, “poor”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「不味い」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 不味く まずく
まずく
Terminal (終止形) 不味い まずい
Attributive (連体形) 不味い まずい
Key constructions
Informal negative 不味くない まずくない
まずくない
Informal past 不味かった まずかった
まずかった
Informal negative past 不味くなかった まずくなかった
まずくなかった
Formal 不味いです まずいです
Conjunctive 不味くて まずくて
まずくて
Conditional 不味ければ まずければ
まずければ

Adjective

まずい • (mazui) -i (adverbial まずく (mazuku))

  1. not tasting good
  2. poor; not well; awful
    これはまずい。
    Kore wa mazui.
    This is bad. (We are in a difficult situation.)
  3. not beautiful; ugly

Inflection

Inflection of まずい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) まずかろ mazukaro
Continuative (連用形) まずく mazuku
Terminal (終止形) まずい mazui
Attributive (連体形) まずい mazui
Hypothetical (仮定形) まずけれ mazukere
Imperative (命令形) まずかれ mazukare
Key constructions
Informal negative まずくない mazuku nai
Informal past まずかった mazukatta
Informal negative past まずくなかった mazuku nakatta
Formal まずいです mazui desu
Formal negative まずくないです mazuku nai desu
Formal past まずかったです mazukatta desu
Formal negative past まずくなかったです mazuku nakatta desu
Conjunctive まずくて mazukute
Conditional まずければ mazukereba
Provisional まずかったら mazukattara
Volitional まずかろう mazukarō
Adverbial まずく mazuku
Degree まずさ mazusa

References

  1. ^ 不味い／拙い／まずい - Gogen Yurai Jiten (in Japanese)
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