より簡単な
解説 Definition
easier は easy（簡単な、楽な）の比較級です。「より簡単な」「より楽な」という意味で、二つのものや以前の状態と比べるときに使います。
Easier is the comparative form of easy. It describes something that requires less effort, skill, difficulty, discomfort, or worry than another thing or than it did in a previous situation.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
easy の比較級で、語末の y を i に変えて -er を付け、easier となる。発音は /ˈiːziər/ で、easy より一音節多い。A is easier than B や It is easier to do の型で、二つの課題や以前の状態を比べて「より簡単・楽」と覚える。easyer とは綴らない。
Easier is the comparative of easy. Change the final y to i and add -er: easy becomes easier, not easyer. Its pronunciation adds a comparative ending to easy and is commonly heard as three syllables. Use it when comparing two tasks, objects, or situations: this book is easier than that one, or good lighting makes reading easier. Also learn the pattern it is easier to do something, which focuses on an action requiring less effort or causing less difficulty.
例文
This book is easier.
この本のほうが簡単です。
The second question is easier.
二問目のほうが簡単です。
It is easier to read with good light.
明るい場所のほうが読みやすいです。
easier の類義語・関連語
easier の語源・成り立ち Etymology
easier は easy の比較級で、easy に比較を表す接尾辞 -er が付いた形です。easy は古フランス語 aisé「気楽な・楽な」に由来し、「負担が少ない」がもとの感覚なので、「より簡単な」という意味になります。関連語に ease, uneasy があります。
Easier is formed from easy by changing final y to i and adding the comparative suffix -er. Easy entered English from Anglo-Norman and Old French forms related to aisé, meaning “comfortable, at ease, or well situated.” Its sense developed toward freedom from effort, pain, or difficulty. The comparative form therefore indicates a lower degree of difficulty or a greater degree of comfort relative to something else.
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