食べやすい
たべやすい
adjective-i
easy to eat; palatable; user-friendly (of food)
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 食べやすい | 食べやすくない |
| Past | 食べやすかった | 食べやすくなかった |
| て form | 食べやすくて | 食べやすくなくて |
| Adverbial | 食べやすく | — |
| Conditional ば | 食べやすければ | 食べやすくなければ |
| Conditional たら | 食べやすかったら | 食べやすくなかったら |
1.
easy to eat; palatable; easy to handle (of food)
Describing food that is convenient, comfortable, or simple to consume, whether due to size, texture, flavor, or preparation.
一口サイズで食べやすい。
It's bite-sized and easy to eat.
この魚は骨が少なくて食べやすい。
This fish has few bones and is easy to eat.
子どもでも食べやすいように、小さく切ってから出した。
I cut it into small pieces before serving so that even children could eat it easily.
Formed from the verb 食べる (to eat) + やすい (easy to do). This is a productive grammatical pattern where verb stem + やすい creates an i-adjective meaning "easy to [verb]." The opposite pattern is verb stem + にくい (hard to do).
USAGE:
- Conjugates as a regular i-adjective: 食べやすくない (not easy to eat), 食べやすかった (was easy to eat)
- Can refer to size, texture, flavor mildness, or convenience of a food
- The ～やすい pattern is extremely productive: 読みやすい (easy to read), 使いやすい (easy to use), 分かりやすい (easy to understand)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 食べやすい大きさ: an easy-to-eat size
- 食べやすい味: a mild, palatable flavor
- 食べやすく切る: to cut into easy-to-eat pieces
- お年寄りにも食べやすい: easy to eat even for elderly people
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 食べにくい: hard to eat — the opposite; food that is difficult to consume
- 口当たりがいい: pleasant to the palate — focuses on flavor and texture
- 手軽に食べられる: can be eaten easily/casually — focuses on convenience