Keyword
easy
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig1130
Readings
(53%)
やす
(24%)
えき
(20%)
やさ
(1%)
Composed of
sun
must not
Mnemonic

You must not look directly at the sun! It's very easy to permanently damage your eyesight if you do that.

Used in kanji (6 in total)
grant
lizard
tin
cutting
cuttlefish
crossbill
Used in vocabulary (195 in total)
easy; simple; plain
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
easy; simple; light
Examples (141 in total)
It's not easy being honest all the time.
It is not easy to be understood by everybody.
It is by no means easy to please everybody.