易しい

やさしい · yasashii · JLPT N5 · i-adj

easy

🍰 Sounds like: Ya, sure, he can do it — yasashii = easy

易 is the same character as in 貿易 and 容易 (easy), and it also means change. The homophone 優しい (yasashii) means kind or gentle, so think of an easy task as one that is gentle on you: same sound, related feeling.

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