表層形
きまじい
キマジー
形容詞
きまじい (キマジー)
Kimajii · きまじー — unpleasant, awkward, embarrassing, uneasy
Other ways to say “unpleasant” in Japanese →
きまじい in rōmaji: kimajii.
形容詞
一般
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📝 気まずい 🔤 形容詞 📐 終止形-一般
Updated: 2026年9月29日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
きまじい
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
気まずい
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| 読み (Reading) |
キマジー
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| 品詞 (POS) |
形容詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
形容詞
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
終止形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
きまじい
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| 読み・基本形 |
キマズイ
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| 表記・基本形 |
きまずい
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| 見出し語の読み |
キマズイ
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How it's used
Used in casual speech to describe an awkward or uncomfortable situation, often when something feels off or embarrassing.
彼の冗談はきまじいよ。
Kare no jōdan wa kimajī yo.
His joke is awkward.
⚖️ Often confused with 'kimazui', but 'kimajii' is more colloquial and less standard.
💡 English Meaning
きまじい means “unpleasant, awkward, embarrassing, uneasy” — full definition & examples →
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Reading & Info
キマジー
Lemma: 気まずい
形容詞一般**
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
| 丁寧形 (Polite) |
気まずいです
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
気まずくない
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| 過去形 (Past) |
気まずかった
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| て形 (Te-form) |
気まずくて
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| 副詞形 (Adverbial) |
気まずく
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| 仮定形 (Conditional) |
気まずければ
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Did you know · 形容詞
形容詞 (i-adjectives) end in い and conjugate directly. They can act as predicates or modify nouns directly without a particle.
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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (きまじい) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (気まずい) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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