Illustration: In a Japanese apartment's shared garden, a resident confidently patches a long split in a watering can with one tiny strip of adhesive tape. They give a satisfied thumbs-up while tilting the full can toward a planter.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

安あん易い

an'i

careless, simplistic

Often criticizes a choice made without enough thought. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. そんなに安易あんいに妥協だきょうしないでください。

    Don’t give in so easily.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 肖像しょうぞうを女性じょせいにしたいがための安易あんいな採用さいようとの非難ひなんがある。

    Some have criticized the decision as unconsidered, made simply because the creators wanted to use a woman’s portrait.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 映画えいがや漫画まんがなどでは、安易あんいに用もちいると手てを抜ぬいていると思おもわれる手法しゅほうである。

    When used casually in movies or manga, productions can be considered to be corner-cutting.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 安易

  • 安relax; cheapOnアンKunやすい・やすまる・やす
  • 易easy; ready toOnエキ・イKunやさしい・やすい

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