易

JLPT N3

easy, change

Readings

On’yomi: エキ, イ (eki, i)

Kun’yomi: やさ(しい), かわ(る) (yasa(shii), kawa(ru))

• やさ(しい) – easy, simple, kind • かわ(る) – to change, to exchange (in compound meanings)

Structure

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Vocabulary

易しい

やさしい

easy

容易

ようい

simple

安易

あんい

careless

変易

へんえき

change

易化

えきか

simplification

Example Sentences

問題は易しいです。

もんだいはやさしいです。

The problem is easy.

容易です。

よういです。

It is simple.

安易です。

あんいです。

It is careless.

変易します。

へんえきします。

It changes.

易化します。

えきかします。

It is simplified.

Cultural Note

🔮 易 appears in 易経（えききょう / I Ching, The Book of Changes）, an ancient Chinese classic about understanding natural changes and transformations in life. It deeply influenced East Asian philosophy, including Japanese thought.