易しい

• 読み: やさしい
• ローマ字: yasashii
• 漢字の分解: 易 (yasa/eki) — easy, simple; also change, divination
• 発音: /ja.sa.ɕi.i/

意味

Easy; simple; plain. Describes something that does not require much effort to understand or do.

An i-adjective meaning easy or simple. Important: 易しい (yasashii, easy) and 優しい (yasashii, kind/gentle) are homophones with different kanji and meanings. Context and kanji distinguish them. 易しい is the antonym of 難しい. Conjugates regularly: 易しくない, 易しかった.

例文

1. この問題は易しいです。
2. 易しい日本語で話してください。
3. 今日のテストは易しかったです。

使い方ガイド

場面: school, study, conversation

トーン: positive

起源と歴史

The kanji 易 has two readings and meanings: やさしい (easy) and えき (change/divination, as in 易経 the Book of Changes). The 'easy' meaning likely derives from the idea of something being straightforward to change or handle.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal