容易い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
容	易
たやす
Grade: 5	Grade: 5
jukujikun

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First attested in a text from 729.^[1]

Listed in Japanese dictionaries as a compound of た (ta) +‎ 易い (yasui, “easy, simple, not difficult”), where the ta element is described as a prefix, either without any explanation, or vaguely as some kind of element to adjust the meter of a word.^[1]^[2]^[3] Considering the words in which this element appears, the meanings, and words of similar sense prefixed by 手 (te, “hand”), this ta seems likely to be the ancient ta compounding form of 手 (te).

For this word tayasui, compare the similar formation of Korean compound 손쉽다 (sonswipda, “easy, simple, not difficult”), literally 손 (son, “hand”) + 쉽다 (swipda, “easy”).

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たやすい [tàyásúꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[3]^[4]
(Tokyo) たやすい [tàyásúí] (Heiban – [0])^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [ta̠ja̠sɨi]

Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「容易い」

Stem forms
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Continuative (連用形)	容易く	たやすくたやすくたやすく	`[tàyáꜜsùkù]` `[tàyásúꜜkù]` `[tàyásúkú]`
Terminal (終止形)	容易い	たやすい	`[tàyásúꜜì]`
Attributive (連体形)	容易い	たやすいたやすい	`[tàyásúꜜì]` `[tàyásúí]`
Key constructions
Informal negative	容易くない	たやすくないたやすくないたやすくない	`[tàyáꜜsùkùnàì]` `[tàyásúꜜkùnàì]` `[tàyásúkúnáꜜì]`
Informal past	容易かった	たやすかったたやすかった	`[tàyáꜜsùkàttà]` `[tàyásúꜜkàttà]`
Informal negative past	容易くなかった	たやすくなかったたやすくなかったたやすくなかった	`[tàyáꜜsùkùnàkàttà]` `[tàyásúꜜkùnàkàttà]` `[tàyásúkúnáꜜkàttà]`
Formal	容易いです	たやすいです	`[tàyásúꜜìdèsù]`
Conjunctive	容易くて	たやすくてたやすくて	`[tàyáꜜsùkùtè]` `[tàyásúꜜkùtè]`
Conditional	容易ければ	たやすければたやすければ	`[tàyáꜜsùkèrèbà]` `[tàyásúꜜkèrèbà]`

Adjective

容易(たやす)い • (tayasui) -i (adverbial 容易(たやす)く (tayasuku))

[from 729] easy, simple, not difficult

Inflection

Inflection of 容易い

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	容易かろ	たやすかろ	tayasukaro
Continuative (連用形)	容易く	たやすく	tayasuku
Terminal (終止形)	容易い	たやすい	tayasui
Attributive (連体形)	容易い	たやすい	tayasui
Hypothetical (仮定形)	容易けれ	たやすけれ	tayasukere
Imperative (命令形)	容易かれ	たやすかれ	tayasukare
Key constructions
Informal negative	容易くない	たやすくない	tayasuku nai
Informal past	容易かった	たやすかった	tayasukatta
Informal negative past	容易くなかった	たやすくなかった	tayasuku nakatta
Formal	容易いです	たやすいです	tayasui desu
Formal negative	容易くないです	たやすくないです	tayasuku nai desu
Formal past	容易かったです	たやすかったです	tayasukatta desu
Formal negative past	容易くなかったです	たやすくなかったです	tayasuku nakatta desu
Conjunctive	容易くて	たやすくて	tayasukute
Conditional	容易ければ	たやすければ	tayasukereba
Provisional	容易かったら	たやすかったら	tayasukattara
Volitional	容易かろう	たやすかろう	tayasukarō
Adverbial	容易く	たやすく	tayasuku
Degree	容易さ	たやすさ	tayasusa

Synonyms

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “容易い”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ “容易い”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJc-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “容易い”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DDJS-2] “容易い”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[DJR-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-4] 4.0 ^4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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