壊れやすい
こわれやすい
i-adjective
fragile; easily broken; delicate
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 壊れやすい | 壊れやすくない |
| Past | 壊れやすかった | 壊れやすくなかった |
| て form | 壊れやすくて | 壊れやすくなくて |
| Adverbial | 壊れやすく | — |
| Conditional ば | 壊れやすければ | 壊れやすくなければ |
| Conditional たら | 壊れやすかったら | 壊れやすくなかったら |
1.
fragile; easily broken; delicate
Liable to break or be damaged, either physically or figuratively.
Formed from 壊れる (to break) + やすい (easy to). This is a productive grammatical pattern in Japanese where verb stem + やすい means "easy to do" or "prone to."
Common collocations
Usage
Often seen on packaging and shipping labels. The formal equivalent for labeling is 取扱注意 (handle with care) or ワレモノ注意 (fragile — caution).
Similar words
- もろい: brittle, fragile — emphasizes structural weakness
- デリケートな: delicate — loanword, often for sensitive topics or skin
- 脆弱な: vulnerable, fragile — formal, often used for systems or security