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たやすい Japanese meaning | Kotomora

たやすい

た

や

す

い

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

i-adjective

easy; simple; light

usually written using kana alone

Describes a task, problem, or situation that is easy to handle or accomplish. Often implies something is not difficult or burdensome.

この問もん題だいはたやすい。
This problem is easy.
彼かれ

に

とっ

て

は

たやすい

仕し

事ごと

だっ

た

。

It was an easy job for him.

Written forms

たやすいUsage87%
Usually written in kana; the kanji spelling 容易い is also common but less frequent.
容易たやすいUsage12%
Kanji spelling; still widely understood but less common than kana.
た易やすいUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.

Kanji

容contain, form, looks
易easy, ready to, simple

Similar words

簡かん単たん
簡単 is more common and neutral for 'easy' or 'simple'; たやすい often carries a nuance of being effortlessly easy or light.
易やさしい
易しい is the standard adjective for 'easy'; たやすい is slightly more literary or emphatic about lack of difficulty.

Etymology

Derived from the adjective root たやす- (easily done) with the classical adjective ending し. The kanji 容易 is a semantic compound meaning 'easy'.