JLPT N5 · い-adjective

易しい (yasashii)

易しい (やさしい, yasashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “easy; plain”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: やさしい
Romaji: yasashii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

easy; plain; simple · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

この仕事は決してやさしくない。

This work is by no means easy.

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

Conjugation of 易しい

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	易しい	やさしい yasashii
Negative	易しくない	やさしくない yasashikunai
Past	易しかった	やさしかった yasashikatta
Negative past	易しくなかった	やさしくなかった yasashikunakatta
Te-form	易しくて	やさしくて yasashikute
Adverb (~ku)	易しく	やさしく yasashiku
Conditional (~ba)	易しければ	やさしければ yasashikereba

Kanji in 易しい

易

easy, ready to, simpleエキ・イ・やさ.しい・やす.い · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 易しい.

貿易ぼうえき(foreign) trade容易よういeasy安易あんいeasy簡易かんいsimple辟易へきえきto be fed up (with)

Source: JMdict entry 1157000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.