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易しい · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	易やさしい	易やさしくない
Polite	易やさしいです	易やさしくないですalso 易やさしくありません
Past polite	易やさしかったです	易やさしくなかったですalso 易やさしくありませんでした
Past	易やさしかった	易やさしくなかった
Te-form	易やさしくて	易やさしくなくて
Adverbial	易やさしく
Conditional	易やさしければ	易やさしくなければ
Tara conditional	易やさしかったら	易やさしくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

easy; simple; plain

usually written using kana alone

Describes something that is not difficult, or a problem/task that can be handled without much effort. Antonym: 難しい (difficult).

Antonyms: 難しい (むずかしい)

この問もん題だいはとてもやさしい。
This problem is very easy.
やさしい日本にほん語ごで説せつ明めいしてください。
Please explain it in simple Japanese.

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Usage patterns

易やさしい問もん題だいan easy question/problem
このテストは易やさしい問もん題だいが多おおかった。
This test had a lot of easy questions.
易やさしい言こと葉ばで〈動どう詞し〉to do something using simple words
先せん生せいは子こ供どもにも易やさしい言こと葉ばで説せつ明めいしてくれた。
The teacher explained it to us using simple words even a child could understand.
〈人ひと〉にとって易やさしいeasy for someone (in their eyes/perspective)
この本ほんは初しょ心しん者しゃにとって易やさしい内ない容ようだ。
This book's content is easy for beginners.
易やさしく〈動どう詞し〉to do something (e.g. explain) in an easy, simple way
難むずかしい話はなしを易やさしく説せつ明めいする。
He explains a difficult topic in an easy-to-understand way.

Kanji

易easy, ready to, simple

Related words· 6

簡かん単たんN5
簡単 is a na-adjective/noun for 'simple, easy' used broadly for tasks and explanations, while 易しい is an i-adjective often used for problems, texts, or language that are not difficult.
容よう易いN3
容易 is a more formal, written-style word for 'easy, simple' often used in business or technical contexts, whereas 易しい is the everyday i-adjective.
平へい易い
平易 specifically describes language or writing as 'plain and easy to understand', a narrower use than the general-purpose 易しい.
やすいN1
易しい is the everyday, common word for 'easy', while 易い is a more literary or old-fashioned variant used mainly in fixed expressions.

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たやすいN1
易しい is the common, general adjective for 'easy' (e.g. an easy exam), while たやすい is a slightly more formal or emphatic way to say something is effortless.
ちょろい
易しい describes something easy in a gentle, approachable way, whereas ちょろい stresses that a task is trivially or contemptibly easy.

Opposites

難むずかしいN5
difficult; hard; complicated · serious; tricky; hard to handle · not feasible; difficult to do; not possible · fussy; particular; hard to please · sullen; glum; serious-looking · dirty; unclean; detestable · unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy
至し難なん
易しい is the common adjective for 'easy', contrasting with 至難's sense of near-impossible difficulty.

Don't confuse with

優やさしいN5
優しい (same reading) means 'kind, gentle' and describes personality, while 易しい means 'easy, simple' and describes tasks or difficulty level.

Word family

生なま易やさしい
simple; easy; not difficult

Written forms

易やさしいUsage99%
Kanji form; usually written in kana.
やさしいUsage1%
Kana spelling is the usual written form for this word.

Etymology

The kanji 易 carries the meaning 'easy' or 'simple'. The reading やさしい is a native Japanese word. The historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used with this meaning since early Japanese.