やすい

i-adjective

easy; simple

Standalone adjective meaning something is easy to do or understand. Often used in the pattern 〜が易しい, but 易い is a slightly more literary or formal variant compared to 易しい (やさしい).

• この問もん題だいは易やすい。

  This problem is easy.

• 易やすい道みちを選えらんだ。

  I chose the easy path.

suffix, i-adjective

likely to ...; have a tendency to ...

Attaches to the -masu stem of verbs to express that something tends to happen or is prone to happening. Often implies an undesirable or unintentional tendency.

• 彼かれは忘わすれっぽくて、約やく束そくを忘わすれやすい。

  He is forgetful and tends to forget promises.

• このガラスは割われやすい。

  This glass breaks easily.

suffix, i-adjective

easy to ...

Attaches to the -masu stem of verbs to express that something is easy to do. Unlike sense 2, this sense focuses on the ease of performing the action, not a tendency.

• このペンは書かきやすい。

  This pen is easy to write with.

• この靴くつは歩あるきやすい。

  These shoes are easy to walk in.