How to Say ‘Easy to drink’ in Japanese
飲みやすい
nomi yasui
[nomi yah-soo-ee]
💬 Usage Tip: [飲み] comes from [飲む] and [やすい] means easy to do. So [飲みやすい] literally means "easy to drink."
🇯🇵 In Japan: A very common compliment for beer, cocktails, tea, and even medicine. Handy word!
Phrase Breakdown
飲み
nomi
[nomi]
drink; drinking
The stem of 飲む, used here to form the adjective 飲みやすい.
このビールは飲みやすいです。
This beer is easy to drink.
やすい
yasui
[yah-soo-ee]
easy to
Attached to a verb stem to mean easy to do. Here, easy to drink.
このビールは飲みやすいです。
This beer is easy to drink.
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