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早い, 速い, 疾い, 捷い, はやい
esp. 速い
1. fast, quick, rapid, swift, speedy, brisk, prompt
Only 早い
2. early, soon, earlier than usual
3. premature, too soon, too early
esp. 早い
4. easy, simple
as ...するが早いか or ...するより早く
5. as soon as ..., the moment ..., the instant ...
子供は成長が早い。
素早い, 素速い, すばやい
1. quick, swift, nimble, agile
2. quick (understanding, judgement, etc.), alert, prompt
そのクモは素早い反撃をする。
See more > common
手早い, 手ばやい, てばやい
nimble, quick, agile
See more > common
手っ取り早い, てっとりばやい
1. quick, prompt, without delay
2. simple, easy, effortless
彼のしたことは手っ取り早く言えば詐欺だ。
目早い, めばやい
sharp-eyed
朝早い, あさはやい
early in the morning, early-morning
早い話が, はやいはなしが
Expression, Adverb
in short, in a nutshell, in a word, to cut a long story short
早い話が彼は首になったのだ。
耳が早い, 耳が速い, 耳がはやい, みみがはやい
Expression, See 耳の早い
being quick-eared, having sharp ears, being first to know about something
彼は耳が早い。
喧嘩早い, ケンカ早い, 喧嘩ぱやい, けんかばやい, ケンカばやい, けんかぱやい
See 喧嘩っ早い
quarrelsome, easy to anger
彼は喧嘩早い人だ。
早いこと, 早い事, はやいこと
Expression, Adverb
quickly
早いとこ, 早いところ, 早い所, はやいとこ, はやいところ
Expression, Adverb, See 早いこと・はやいこと
promptly, quickly
が早いか, がはやいか
Expression, after plain form of verb
no sooner ... than ..., hardly ... when ..., as soon as ...
山の麓に日が昇るが早いかただ一人山を登り始めた。
気が早い, きがはやい
Expression
hasty, rash, impatient, restless, quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)
手が早い, てがはやい
Expression, Idiomatic expression
1. being a fast worker
2. fast in forming relationships with women
3. quick to resort to violence, quick to turn violent
「見た目は悪くないがちょっと軽薄そう」な外見とは裏腹に、彼女はいないし、女性に手が早いワケでもない。
気の早い, きのはやい
Expression, See 気が早い
hasty, rash, impatient, restless, quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)
耳の早い, みみのはやい
See 耳が早い
quick-eared
手の早い, てのはやい
Expression, See 手が早い・1, Idiomatic expression
1. fast (worker)
See 手が早い・2
2. fast in forming relationships with women
See 手が早い・3
3. quick to resort to violence, quick to turn violent
足が早い, あしがはやい
Expression
1. to be fast at walking and running
Idiomatic expression
2. to be quick to spoil (of foodstuffs)
早く帰った方がいい、暑いから。サバは、生き腐れとも言われるくらい足が早い。
一足早い, ひと足早い, ひとあしはやい
Expression
slightly early, just before
朝が早い, あさがはやい
Expression
waking up early, getting up early, early rising
話が早い, はなしがはやい
Expression
being settled quickly, reaching a quick conclusion, no need to say any more, no problem
話は早い, はなしははやい
Expression, See 話が早い
being settled quickly, reaching a quick conclusion, no need to say any more, no problem
時期が早い, じきがはやい
Expression
before scheduled, earlier than expected
悟りが早い, 覚りが早い, さとりがはやい
Expression, Rare
being quick to understand
乾きの早い, かわきのはやい
fast drying (clothes)
沸きが早い, わきがはやい
Expression
quick to warm up (e.g. of a kettle)
早いもの順, 早い者順, はやいものじゅん
first-come-first-served basis
一日も早い, いちにちもはやい
Expression, See 一日も早く・いちにちもはやく
speedy, as rapid as possible, as soon as possible
早いもので, 早い物で, はやいもので
Expression
already, time flies
喧嘩っ早い, けんかっぱやい
See 喧嘩早い
quarrelsome, easy to anger, quick to lose temper
できる限り早い, 出来る限り早い, できるかぎりはやい
Expression
as soon as possible, at the earliest time
飲み込みが早い, 呑み込みが早い, のみ込みが早い, のみこみがはやい
Expression
quick-witted, quick to understand
早い者勝ち, 早いもの勝ち, はやいものがち
Expression, Proverb
first come, first served, the early bird catches the worm