まずい
まずい · mazui · JLPT N5 · i-adj
unappetizing
🤢 sounds like ma-ZOO-ee: this tastes like zoo food
The middle of mazui is zu, said like zoo. Zoo feed is nothing a person wants on their plate, so mazui is the word for food that tastes bad. It is the opposite of oishii (delicious) and also gets used for an awkward or bad situation.