JLPT N5 vocabulary
不味い: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
まずい2Nakadaka · falls inside
i-adjective
Meaning
- bad-tasting, unpalatable, unsavory, awful, terrible, unpleasant
- poor, unskilled, bungling, clumsy
- ugly, unattractive, homely, plain
- awkward, problematic, troublesome, unfavorable, unwise

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 不味い | 不味 |
| Plain past過去形 | 不味 | 不味 |
| Polite presentです形 | 不味い | 不味 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 不味 | 不味 |
| Te-formて形 | 不味 | 不味 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 不味い | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 不味 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 不味 | 不味 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 不味 | 不味 |
Example sentences
お味噌汁は決して沸かさないでよ、不味くなるから。
Make sure you never let the miso soup boil, or it'll taste bad!
肉を入れ忘れたカレーなんて、 不味いに決まっている!
I forgot to add meat to the curry, it's going to taste awful!