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簡単  [かんたん]    meaning:  easy  rank: 1
☆ それはそんなに簡単じゃない ⇨ It is not that easy
☆ それは簡単そうにえるがしい ⇨ That looks easy but actually is very difficult
☆ 取扱いの簡単さが好評だ ⇨ The customers love the ease of use
☆ でも簡単にめる ⇨ He gives everything up easily
☆ 試験は簡単だった ⇨ The test was easy

簡単  [かんたん]    meaning:  simple  rank: 1
☆ はいつも簡単な食事をするだけだ ⇨ I always have just simple meals
☆ 私達結婚式は簡単にませた ⇨ We only had a simple wedding ceremony


More examples:
  • 企んでいるなど簡単に想像がつく ⇨ It is easy to imagine the scheme he is plotting
  • 簡単にかせる相手思っていたらところがどっこい手強かった ⇨ I thought he was an easy opponent to beat, but he was a tough out unexpectedly
  • 簡単にてに乗るはかな ⇨ A shallow and stupid guy who gets easily manipulated with flattery
  • いの外簡単だった ⇨ It was easier than I’d thought
  • 本当価値有るものは簡単にはらない (てにはいる) ⇨ Something really valuable is harder to get
  • が簡単に降伏すると思っていたのは誤算だった (だいごさん) ⇨ It was a big miscalculation that the enemy would surrender quickly
  • をいとも簡単にひんげた ⇨ He bent the steel bar as if nothing
  • 死んだもんに責任擦り付けるのは簡単だ ⇨ It is an easy way out to blame the dead
  • 試験思ったよりかに簡単でけた ⇨ The exam was a lot easier than expected, and I was over psyched for nothing
  • は簡単におだてに乗る ⇨ He easily rides on, gets influenced by, sweet-talks
  • 簡単なから片付けよう ⇨ Let’s take care of the easy parts first
  • 彼等首都を簡単にとした ⇨ They easily captured the enemy’s capital
  • 簡単な作り小屋 ⇨ A shed with a simple structure
  • それは思っていたよりずっと簡単だった ⇨ That was much easier than I had thought, expected
  • 物事をそんなに簡単にしていては絶対成功しない ⇨ You’ll never succeed if you throw things out, give up, that easily