JLPT N1 · な-adjective

手軽 (tegaru)

手軽 (てがる, tegaru) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “easy; simple”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: てがる
Romaji: tegaru
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

年来の経済病には手軽にきく万能薬などありません。

There is no easy cure-all for old economic ills.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 手軽

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	手軽だ	てがるだ tegaruda
Present (polite)	手軽です	てがるです tegarudesu
Negative	手軽じゃない	てがるじゃない tegarujanai
Past	手軽だった	てがるだった tegarudatta
Negative past	手軽じゃなかった	てがるじゃなかった tegarujanakatta
Te-form	手軽で	てがるで tegarude
Before a noun	手軽な	てがるな tegaruna
Adverb (~ni)	手軽に	てがるに tegaruni

Kanji in 手軽

手

handシュ・ズ・て・て- · 4 strokes

軽

lightly, trifling, unimportantケイ・キョウ・かる.い・かろ.やか · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 手軽.

手てhand切手きってstamp (postage)上手じょうずskillful手紙てがみletter下手へたunskillfulお手洗いおてあらいtoilet手袋てぶくろglove運転手うんてんしゅdriver手伝うてつだうto help手術しゅじゅつsurgery手段しゅだんmeans助手じょしゅassistant相手あいてcompanion握手あくしゅhandshake

Source: JMdict entry 1327530 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.