容易 (ようい, youi) Japanese meaning: easy

容易 (ようい, youi) Japanese meaning: easy | Kotomora

Kanji

簡かん単たんN5
簡単 is the everyday, casual word for 'easy/simple', while 容易 sounds more formal and is common in written or technical contexts.
易やさしいN5
易しい is an i-adjective describing something gentle or approachable in difficulty (like a question), while 容易 is a na-adjective describing objective ease of a task.
平へい易い
平易 describes language or explanations that are plain and easy to understand, whereas 容易 more broadly describes tasks or actions that are not difficult.
直じきにN1
容易 (as in 容易だ) describes something being easy in a more formal, descriptive way, while 直に (sense 'easily') modifies a verb to say it happens without effort.

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安あん易いN2
容易 is a formal, neutral word for 'easy' with no critical tone, while 安易 implies the ease comes from avoiding effort or care.
イージー
容易 is a formal, often written word for 'easy', whereas イージー is colloquial and used mainly in casual speech.
楽らく勝しょう
容易 is a formal, written word for 'easy' with no sense of victory, while 楽勝 is casual and often implies beating an opponent or challenge.
楽らく々らく
容易 is a formal, written-style word for 'easy', whereas 楽々 is a livelier, more colloquial adverb often paired with と.

困こん難なんN3
困難 means 'difficult/hard' and is the formal opposite of 容易, matching its register as a na-adjective/noun.
難むずかしいN5
難しい is the everyday i-adjective meaning 'difficult', serving as a common opposite of 容易 in casual speech.
至し難なん
容易 means 'easy' or 'simple', the direct opposite of 至難, which describes something extremely difficult.

たやすいN1
容易 is a na-adjective/noun meaning 'easy' written with the same kanji as たやすい's 容易い, but they take different grammatical forms and can't be swapped directly.
用よう意いN4
容易 (ようい) is a homophone of 用意 but means 'easy, simple', not 'preparation'.

Composed of 容 (form, appearance) and 易 (easy, change). The combination conveys the idea of something being easy to handle or manage.