易しい

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
やさ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Cognate with (やさ)しい (yasashii).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「易しい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 易しく さしく
Terminal (終止形) 易しい さしい
さし

Attributive (連体形) 易しい さしい
Key constructions
Informal negative 易しくない さしくな
Informal past 易しかった さしかった
Informal negative past 易しくなかった さしくなかった
Formal 易しいです さしいです
Conjunctive 易しくて さしくて
Conditional 易しければ さしければ

Adjective

(やさ)しい (yasashii-i (adverbial (やさ)しく (yasashiku))

  1. easy
    Antonym: 難しい (muzukashii)
    これは(やさ)すぎると(おも)う。
    Kore wa yasashi sugiru to omou.
    I think that's too easy.
    テニスをすることは(やさ)しい
    Tenisu o suru koto wa yasashii.
    It's easy to play tennis.
  2. plain, simple
    (かれ)(かんが)えは(やさ)しい(こと)()()べられている。
    Kare no kangae wa yasashii kotoba de noberareteiru.
    His idea is conceived in plain terms.

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN