容易

ようい · youi · JLPT N3 · na-adj

easy

🍰 youi ≈ yo, easy! The second kanji 易 means easy on its own

容 means contain or allow, and 易 means easy or change (as in 易経, the Book of Changes). Watch out: 用意 (preparation) is also read youi, so tell them apart by the kanji 易, not by the sound.

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