Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yasui

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: ya-sui
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Japanese.

Example Sentences

"Minoru Yasui was a trained army officer with a legal education who worked in the Japanese consular office."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 安井 or 安居 (Yasui).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 安井

Inflected Forms

Yasuis (plural)

Questions

What does yasui mean?: A surname from Japanese.
Where does yasui come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce yasui

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