How to say 'Easy' in Japanese | 易い

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The Japanese word for Easy is 'Yasui', written as 易い in Japanese.'Easy' in hiragana is やすい.

word

易い

Meaning

Easy

Reading

やすい

yasui

Kanji

易Easy

Explanation

The Japanese suffix '易い (やすい)' is attached to the stem of verbs to indicate that something is easy to do. It conveys the idea that the action described by the verb is simple or effortless. For example: This book is easy to read「この本は読み易い」(このほんはよみやすい). This problem is easy to solve「この問題は解き易い」(このもんだいはときやすい). Note that '易い' is often written in hiragana as 'やすい' when used as a suffix. It is important to distinguish this from the adjective '安い (やすい)', which means 'cheap'.

Part Of Speech

suffix

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

404

Composition

kanji-hiragana

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 易い

This word contains 1 kanji character:

kanji

易

Meaning

Easy

Hiragana in the Word 易い

This word contains 1 Hiragana character :

hiragana

い

Reading

Words Related to 易い Through the Kanji 易

These 2 Words contain the Kanji 易 as well.

word

貿易

Meaning

Trade

word

容易

Meaning

Easy

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'Yasui' means 'Easy' .

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