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不味い [ichi1]
【まずい [gikun/ichi1] ；マズイ [sk] ；マズい [sk] 】

[adj-i] [uk]
▶ bad(-tasting)
▶ unpalatable
▶ unsavoury
▶ unsavory
▶ awful
▶ terrible
▶ unpleasant

[adj-i] [uk]
《occ. as 拙い》
▶ poor
▶ unskillful
▶ unskilful
▶ bungling
▶ clumsy

Cross references:
	⇔ see: 1385260 拙い 2. unskillful; inexpert; maladroit; inept; poor; foolish; clumsy
	⇐ see: 2088730 不味る【まずる】 1. to bungle; to make things awkward

[adj-i] [uk]
▶ ugly
▶ unattractive
▶ homely
▶ plain

[adj-i] [uk]
▶ awkward
▶ problematic
▶ troublesome
▶ unfavorable
▶ unfavourable
▶ unwise

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1222550 気不味い 1. unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy

Conjugations

History:

10.	A 2025-06-14 09:54:45 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	See comment on 1385260.
	Diff:	@@ -36,0 +37 @@ +<s_inf>occ. as 拙い</s_inf>
9.	A 2024-11-06 00:12:41 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Both katakana forms can be hidden.
	Diff:	@@ -15 +15 @@ -<re_nokanji/> +<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf> @@ -19 +19 @@ -<re_nokanji/> +<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf> @@ -24 +24 @@ -<gloss>bad (taste)</gloss> +<gloss>bad(-tasting)</gloss>
8.	A 2024-11-05 04:19:17 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7.	A* 2024-11-04 23:39:02 parfait8
	Refs:	sankoku, daijr/s, etc. Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーー─┬───────────┬───────╮ │ 不味い │ 380,970 │ 12.0% │ │ まずい │ 2,139,440 │ 67.2% │ │ マズイ │ 538,078 │ 16.9% │ │ マズい │ 124,817 │ 3.9% │ potentially sk, in sankoku ╰─ーーー─┴───────────┴───────╯
	Diff:	@@ -9,0 +10 @@ +<re_inf>&gikun;</re_inf>
6.	A 2019-11-13 22:26:59 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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5.	A* 2019-11-13 22:17:51 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5, prog
	Comments:	I think "unappetising" only works for まずそう.
	Diff:	@@ -23,2 +23,2 @@ -<gloss>unappetising</gloss> -<gloss>unappetizing</gloss> +<gloss>bad (taste)</gloss> +<gloss>unpalatable</gloss> @@ -26,0 +27,2 @@ +<gloss>awful</gloss> +<gloss>terrible</gloss> @@ -32,0 +35 @@ +<gloss>poor</gloss> @@ -37 +39,0 @@ -<gloss>poor</gloss>
4.	A 2017-07-25 00:45:57 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2017-07-24 10:57:56 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5, daij
	Comments:	Added glosses. For sense 4, I think "untimely" and "inoppurtune" are too context-specific. All senses are [uk].
	Diff:	@@ -25 +25,3 @@ -<gloss>unpleasant (taste, appearance, situation)</gloss> +<gloss>unsavoury</gloss> +<gloss>unsavory</gloss> +<gloss>unpleasant</gloss> @@ -29,0 +32 @@ +<misc>&uk;</misc> @@ -33,0 +37 @@ +<gloss>poor</gloss> @@ -36,0 +41 @@ +<misc>&uk;</misc> @@ -37,0 +43 @@ +<gloss>unattractive</gloss> @@ -40 +45,0 @@ -<gloss>unattractive</gloss> @@ -44,0 +50 @@ +<misc>&uk;</misc> @@ -46,2 +52,2 @@ -<gloss>untimely</gloss> -<gloss>inopportune</gloss> +<gloss>problematic</gloss> +<gloss>troublesome</gloss> @@ -48,0 +55 @@ +<gloss>unfavourable</gloss>
2.	A 2013-07-05 21:27:46 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2013-07-03 13:05:45 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Unidic
	Comments:	While not as common as まずい, マズイ/マズい are more common than 不味い.
	Diff:	@@ -12,0 +12,8 @@ +<r_ele> +<reb>マズイ</reb> +<re_nokanji/> +</r_ele> +<r_ele> +<reb>マズい</reb> +<re_nokanji/> +</r_ele> @@ -21,1 +29,1 @@ -<xref type="see" seq="1385260">拙い</xref> +<xref type="see" seq="1385260">拙い・2</xref>

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