Illustration: On a living-room floor, a child completes a very simple wooden shape puzzle with three large pieces. Two pieces already sit in their matching openings, and the child's relaxed hand lowers the final circle into the only remaining circular hole.

JLPT N5i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

やさしい

yasashii

easy, simple

Also written 易しい; 優しい means 'kind'. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. その本ほんはやさしかった。

    I found the book easy.

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  2. 第だい２課かは易やさしい。

    Lesson Two is easy.

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  3. 泳およぐことはやさしい。

    It is easy to swim.

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