やすい / にくい - easy / hard to do ~

〜やすい / 〜にくい

Meaning

Describes how easy or difficult an action is to perform, as a quality of the verb itself.

Explanation

Attached to a verb's stem, やすい ("easy to") and にくい ("hard to") turn the verb into an い-adjective describing how easy or difficult that action is in general - not about a specific person's skill, but a property of the thing being acted on, like a pen that's easy to write with.

Formation

Verb stem + やすい / にくい

Examples

このペンは書きやすいです。
このペンはかきやすいです。
This pen is easy to write with.
この漢字は読みにくいです。
このかんじはよみにくいです。
This kanji is hard to read.

Grammar explanations and example sentences written for NihongoTech.