〜やすい / にくい / づらい

JLPT N4 Japanese self-study　·　~10 min　·　Easy to ~ / hard to ~ / painful to ~

'This book is easy to read.' 'This road is hard to walk on.' 'It's painful to say.' Three essential suffixes for describing the feel of doing things.

What you'll learn

• ます-stem + やすい: easy to / prone to ~
• ます-stem + にくい: hard/difficult to ~
• ます-stem + づらい: painful/uncomfortable to ~

How to study “〜やすい / にくい / づらい”

“〜やすい / にくい / づらい” (Easy to ~ / hard to ~ / painful to ~) is a JLPT N4 chapter of our free Japanese self-study course, about 10 min. You learn by doing — flashcard drills and fill-in-the-blank quizzes graded on the spot — completely free, with no sign-up and no ad wall. Once it clicks, read the matching in-depth explainer over in Grammar.