飲(の)みやすい

のみやすい

i-adjective

easy to drink; palatable; smooth

Conjugation

	Affirmative	Negative
Present	飲(の)みやすい	飲(の)みやすくない
Past	飲(の)みやすかった	飲(の)みやすくなかった
て form	飲(の)みやすくて	飲(の)みやすくなくて
Adverbial	飲(の)みやすく	—
Conditional ば	飲(の)みやすければ	飲(の)みやすくなければ
Conditional たら	飲(の)みやすかったら	飲(の)みやすくなかったら

1. easy to drink; palatable; smooth; goes down easily

Describes a beverage or liquid medicine that is pleasant or not difficult to consume. Can refer to flavor, texture, or size of a drink that makes it comfortable to swallow.

このワインは飲(の)みやすい。

This wine is easy to drink.

飲(の)みやすい薬(くすり)に変(か)えてもらった。

I had my medicine changed to one that's easier to take.

フルーツの味(あじ)がして、とても飲(の)みやすいジュースだ。

It tastes like fruit and is a very easy-to-drink juice.

このビールは苦味(にがみ)が少(すく)なく、初心者(しょしんしゃ)でも飲(の)みやすい。

This beer has little bitterness, so it's easy to drink even for beginners.

Formed from the verb 飲(の)む (to drink) + やすい (easy to ~). This is a productive grammatical pattern in Japanese: verb stem + やすい creates an adjective meaning "easy to do." Despite being grammatically predictable, 飲(の)みやすい is extremely common as a set phrase in product descriptions, reviews, and everyday conversation about beverages.

Common collocations

飲(の)みやすい味(あじ): an easy-to-drink flavor
飲(の)みやすいサイズ: an easy-to-drink size
飲(の)みやすい錠剤(じょうざい): easy-to-swallow tablets
とても飲(の)みやすい: very easy to drink

Related patterns

飲(の)みにくい: hard to drink (opposite)
食(た)べやすい: easy to eat (same pattern with 食(た)べる)
読(よ)みやすい: easy to read (same pattern with 読(よ)む)

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Added 2026.4.4 1:11 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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