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まずい

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bad tasting

mazui

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JLPT
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Meanings

  1. 1
    bad(-tasting); unpalatable; unsavouryい-adjective
  2. 2
    poor; unskillful; unskilfulい-adjective
  3. 3
    ugly; unattractive; homelyい-adjective

JMdict 1495000

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~desu)
まずいです
まずいです
Polite Past (~katta desu)
まずかったです
まずかったです
Polite Negative (~kunai desu)
まずくないです
まずくないです
Plain Negative (~kunai)
まずくない
まずくない
Te-form (Connecting)
まずくて
まずくて
Adverbial (~ku)
まずく
まずく

In a sentence

このthis薬(くすり)medicineはまずいbad tasting

This medicine tastes bad

How it works

この (this) attaches to the noun to point it out — “this medicine”. は (topic) then raises that as the topic, and the い-adjective まずい (tastes bad) closes the sentence on its own. い-adjectives don’t need です (is) to stand as a full sentence, so this plain ending sounds casual.

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