Yasui X Nikui

Meaning: Something is easy to do

Key Sentences

Kono Kanji wa oboe[Vmas]-yasui (This Kanji is easy to remember)

hanashi-yasui - easy to speak

tabe-yasui - easy to eat

Examples

1) Ano hito no uchi wa mitsuke-yasui (His house is easy to find)

2) Yamada-san wa hanashi-yasui desu (Yamada is easy to talk to)

3) Kono pen wa kakiyasui (This pen is easy to write with)

4) !!! Yamada san wa isshoni shigoto ga shiyasukatta (Yamadasan was easy to work with)

5) Tofu wa kusari-yasui (Tofu rots easily)

Notes

1) Ano hito no uchi o mitsukeru (One locates his house)

2) Yamada-san ni hanasu desu (One talks to Yamada)

3) Kono pen de kaku (One writes with this pen)

4) !!! Yamada san to isshoni shigoto o shita (One worked togeher with Yamada)

Noun phrases above with particles (o,ni,de,to) are sources for the topic (subject) for previous Examples. These particle drops in yasui-construction.

If the subject of the yasui-construction is under focus, ga is used

Note

Nikui is antonym and is used exactly the same way as yasui