JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 気まずい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 気き まずい 気き まずくない Polite 気き まずいです 気き まずくないです also 気き まずくありません Past polite 気き まずかったです 気き まずくなかったです also 気き まずくありませんでした Past 気き まずかった 気き まずくなかった Te-form 気き まずくて 気き まずくなくて Adverbial 気き まずく Conditional 気き まずければ 気き まずくなければ Tara conditional 気き まずかったら 気き まずくなかったら
Usage patterns 気き まずい 雰ふん 囲い 気き an awkward atmosphere
After the argument, an awkward atmosphere spread through the classroom.
気き まずい 沈ちん 黙もく an awkward silence
An awkward silence continued between the two of them.
気き まずい 思おも いをする to have an awkward/uncomfortable experience
I felt awkward walking into the meeting room late.
〈 人ひと 〉 との 関かん 係けい が 気き まずくなる to become awkward with someone
That one remark made things awkward between me and my friend.
Related words· 6 気詰まり describes a stifling, constrained feeling in a social situation, while 気まずい focuses on the awkwardness or embarrassment after something has gone wrong between people.
気まずい describes tense, embarrassing awkwardness between people in a specific moment, while 煙たい describes a lingering feeling of unease around someone due to formality or obligation.
気まずい describes the uncomfortable, embarrassed feeling between people, whereas ぎくしゃく describes the visible friction or tension in the relationship itself.
気まずい specifically describes an uncomfortable, awkward atmosphere between people, a narrower use than まずい 's general 'awkward situation' sense.
Show 2 more Show fewer 気まずい describes an awkward or tense social atmosphere between people, whereas 恥ずかしい focuses on one's own embarrassment or shame.
気まずい describes an awkward, tense mood between people, while 重苦しい is broader and can describe weather or silence as well as social tension.
Opposites 和やか describes a warm, harmonious atmosphere, the opposite of the tense, uneasy feeling described by 気まずい .
Don't confuse with 気持ち悪い means physically or instinctively 'creepy' or 'gross', while 気まずい is about social awkwardness between people, not physical revulsion.
恥ずかしい expresses one's own feeling of shame or shyness, whereas 気まずい describes a mutual, shared awkwardness in the atmosphere between people.
気まずい describes an uncomfortable, tense mood or feeling between people, whereas ぎこちない describes physically or verbally stiff, awkward behavior itself.
Written forms 気き まずい Usage 98%
きまずい Usage 2%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing.
気き 不味まず い
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Etymology Compound of 気 (ki, 'feeling, mood') and まずい (mazui, 'bad, unpleasant'). The exact derivation is uncertain, but it likely developed from the sense of a 'bad atmosphere' between people.
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