気安い・気易い|きやすいkiyasui[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
気安い気安い is the more common written form for the meanings “relaxed,” “familiar,” “easy to access,” and “friendly”; it is the form beginners should normally choose.
気易い気易い is a less common written variant with the same meanings. You may encounter it in writing, but 気安い is the safer choice for beginners.
Definitions
- i-adjectiverelaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
Conjugation
| Plain form | 気安い（きやすい） |
|---|---|
| Polite (desu) | 気安いです（きやすいです） |
| Negative (kunai) | 気安くない（きやすくない） |
| polite (ku arimasen) | 気安くありません（きやすくありません） |
| Past (katta) | 気安かった（きやすかった） |
| Past negative (kunakatta) | 気安くなかった（きやすくなかった） |
| Te form (kute) | 気安くて（きやすくて） |
| Adverbial (ku) | 気安く（きやすく） |
| Conditional (kereba) | 気安ければ（きやすければ） |
| kattara | 気安かったら（きやすかったら） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym気さくきさくNeutralOpenhearted and unceremonious; stresses an easygoing, unpretentious personality. More complimentary than 「気安い」.
- SynonymフレンドリーCasualColloquial loanword meaning simply friendly; stresses a friendly attitude and sounds more trendy than 「気安い」.
- Synonym気楽きらくNeutralCarefree, free of worry and constraint. Also used of relationships, as in 「気楽に話せる」; 「気安い」 stresses mutual closeness without formality.
- Synonym親しいしたしいNeutralClose and familiar; stresses the intimate relationship itself, more so than 「気安い」.
- Synonym親密しんみつWrittenWritten/formal word for a deep, close bond; the intimacy runs deeper than 「気安い」 suggests.
- Synonym親しみやすいしたしみやすいNeutralKind and approachable; stresses that the person is easy to get along with and makes others want to draw close. More complimentary than 「気安い」.
- Synonym心安いこころやすいWrittenWritten/formal: a relationship so close that no reserve is needed. Very close to 「気安い」 but with a more old-fashioned, literary flavor.
- Related気軽いきがるいCasualColloquial and rare; describes a buoyant, cheerful mood, focusing on the feeling itself.
- Antonym気難しいきむずかしいNeutralHard to please and difficult to approach because of a prickly temper; the opposite of the easygoing, approachable 「気安い」.
- Antonym堅苦しいかたくるしいNeutralStiff and overly formal, lacking any relaxed ease; the opposite of the casual, comfortable 「気安い」.
Use 「気安い」 for feeling relaxed and uninhibited with someone, but it can also suggest being overly familiar, as in 「気安く話しかけるな」. For a purely positive tone prefer 「気さく」 or 「親しみやすい」; the opposites are 「堅苦しい」 and 「気難しい」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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