飲みやすい
のみやすい
i-adjective
easy to drink; palatable; smooth
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 飲みやすい | 飲みやすくない |
| Past | 飲みやすかった | 飲みやすくなかった |
| て form | 飲みやすくて | 飲みやすくなくて |
| Adverbial | 飲みやすく | — |
| Conditional ば | 飲みやすければ | 飲みやすくなければ |
| Conditional たら | 飲みやすかったら | 飲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.
このワインは飲みやすい。
This wine is easy to drink.
飲みやすい薬に変えてもらった。
I had my medicine changed to one that's easier to take.
フルーツの味がして、とても飲みやすいジ���ースだ。
It tastes like fruit and is a very easy-to-drink juice.
このビールは苦味が少なく、初心者でも飲みやすい。
This beer has little bitterness, so it's easy to drink even for beginners.
Formed from the verb 飲む (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, 飲みやすい is extremely common as a set phrase in product descriptions, reviews, and everyday conversation about beverages.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 飲みやすい味: an easy-to-drink flavor
- 飲みやすいサイズ: an easy-to-drink size
- 飲���やすい錠剤: easy-to-swallow tablets
- とても飲みやすい: very easy to drink
RELATED PATTERNS:
- 飲みにくい: hard to drink (opposite)
- 食べ��すい: easy to eat (same pattern with 食べる)
- 読���やすい: easy to read (same pattern with 読む)