安い

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
安
やす Grade: 3

Alternative spelling
廉い

From Old Japanese. First appears in the Kojiki of 712 CE as 夜須（久） (yasu(ku)).^[1]^[2] In turn from Proto-Japonic *yasu. Cognate with 休む (yasumu, “to rest”).^[2]^[3]

Stem forms
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Continuative (連用形)	安く	やすくやすく	`[yáꜜsùkù]` `[yàsúꜜkù]`
Terminal (終止形)	安い	やすい	`[yàsúꜜì]`
Attributive (連体形)	安い	やすい	`[yàsúꜜì]`
Key constructions
Informal negative	安くない	やすくないやすくない	`[yáꜜsùkùnàì]` `[yàsúꜜkùnàì]`
Informal past	安かった	やすかったやすかった	`[yáꜜsùkàttà]` `[yàsúꜜkàttà]`
Informal negative past	安くなかった	やすくなかったやすくなかった	`[yáꜜsùkùnàkàttà]` `[yàsúꜜkùnàkàttà]`
Formal	安いです	やすいです	`[yàsúꜜìdèsù]`
Conjunctive	安くて	やすくてやすくて	`[yáꜜsùkùtè]` `[yàsúꜜkùtè]`
Conditional	安ければ	やすければやすければ	`[yáꜜsùkèrèbà]` `[yàsúꜜkèrèbà]`

安(やす)い • (yasui) -i (adverbial 安(やす)く (yasuku))

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↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “やす・い【安・易】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN