Japanese Grammar: How to say “Easy to…” and “Hard to…”

Japanese Grammar: How to say “Easy to…” and “Hard to…” in Japanese – Review Notes

Today we will learn how to say something iseasy orhard to do in Japanese using verb stem plus yasui/nikui! Review what we learned below!

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★　Today we will learn how to say something is easy or hard to do using verb stem plus yasui/nikui.

★　First, remove ます (masu) from the verb.

★　Then, add やすい (yasui) or にくい (nikui)

★　For example: わかります (wakarimasu – “to understand”) changes to わかりやすい (wakariyasui – “easy to understand”) and わかりにくい (wakarinikui – “hard to understand”)

★　読みます (yomimasu – “to read”) changes to 読みやすい (yomiyasui – “easy to read”) and 読みにくい (yominikui – “hard to read”)

★　使います (tsukaimasu – “to use”) changes to 使いやすい (tsukaiyasui – “easy to use”) and 使いにくい (tsukainikui – “hard to use”)

★　Let’s try using it in a sentence:

This grammar is easy to understand.

この文法はわかりやすいです。

Kono bunpou wa wakariyasui desu.

This computer is hard to use.

このコンピューターは使いにくいです。

Kono konpyuutaa wa tsukainikui desu.

★　This grammar can also be used as an adjective before a noun. For example:

読みやすい本 (yomiyasui hon) = “a book that is easy to read”

★　As with any い-adjective, you can change it to an adverb by changing the い (i) to く (ku). For example:

I wrote it simply (in a way which is easy to understand)

わかりやすく書きました。

Wakariyasuku kakimashita.

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Conclusion:

Today we learned how to say it is easy or hard to do something in Japanese! このレッスンはわかりやすかったですか？ Was this lesson easy to understand? If you have any questions, leave a comment below!

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