easy to do

Verb stem plus やすい means the action is easy to do or tends to happen: 読みやすい is easy to read. The result conjugates as an i-adjective. It describes the inherent nature of the thing, not the skill of the person.

Examples

• この本ほんは字じが大おおきくて読よみやすいです。

  Kono hon wa ji ga ookikute yomiyasui desu.

  This book has large print and is easy to read.

• 先生せんせいの説明せつめいは分わかりやすいです。

  Sensei no setsumei wa wakariyasui desu.

  The teacher's explanations are easy to understand.

Vocabulary in these examples

• この this (+ noun)
• 本 book
• 字 character, letter, handwriting
• 大きい big
• 読む to read
• 先生 teacher

Related patterns · Word formation

• 〜すぎる too much, excessively
• 〜にくい hard to do
• 〜さ turns adjectives into nouns (-ness)
• 〜方 way of doing, how to do