"早い" meaning in Japanese

See 早い in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ha̠ja̠i]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712. Reconstructed as ultimately from Proto-Japonic *paya. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=はやい}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*paya|sort=はやい}} Proto-Japonic *paya Head templates: {{ja-adj|はやい|infl=i}} 早(はや)い • (hayai) -i (adverbial 早(はや)く (hayaku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=はや|lemma=早|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 早い [canonical] (ruby: (はや)), hayai [romanization], 早く [adverbial] (ruby: (はや)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 早かろ [imperfective, stem], はやかろ [imperfective, stem], hayakaro [imperfective], 早く [continuative, stem], はやく [continuative, stem], hayaku [continuative], 早い [stem, terminative], はやい [stem, terminative], hayai [terminative], 早い [attributive, stem], はやい [attributive, stem], hayai [attributive], 早けれ [hypothetical, stem], はやけれ [hypothetical, stem], hayakere [hypothetical], 早かれ [imperative, stem], はやかれ [imperative, stem], hayakare [imperative], 早くない [informal, negative], はやくない [informal, negative], hayaku nai [informal, negative], 早かった [informal, past], はやかった [informal, past], hayakatta [informal, past], 早くなかった [informal, negative, past], はやくなかった [informal, negative, past], hayaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 早いです [formal], はやいです [formal], hayai desu [formal], 早くないです [formal, negative], はやくないです [formal, negative], hayaku nai desu [formal, negative], 早かったです [formal, past], はやかったです [formal, past], hayakatta desu [formal, past], 早くなかったです [formal, negative, past], はやくなかったです [formal, negative, past], hayaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 早くて [conjunctive], はやくて [conjunctive], hayakute [conjunctive], 早ければ [conditional], はやければ [conditional], hayakereba [conditional], 早かったら [conditional, past], はやかったら [conditional, past], hayakattara [conditional, past], 早かろう [volitional], はやかろう [volitional], hayakarō [volitional], 早く [adverbial], はやく [adverbial], hayaku [adverbial], 早さ [noun-from-adj], はやさ [noun-from-adj], hayasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. early
    Sense id: en-早い-ja-adj-9AiDC8x~
  2. quick-witted
    Sense id: en-早い-ja-adj-9QHKZYMh Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 94 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 2 89 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 92 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 92 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 2 92 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 91 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 92 6
  3. 速い: quick, fast, speedy
    Sense id: en-早い-ja-adj-Ntq2Ta7M

Alternative forms

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          "english": "Good morning. You sure get up early, don't you? Just like always.",
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          "text": "おはよう。相変わらず起きるの早いね。"
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          "ref": "人類には早すぎる動画 jinrui ni wa hayasugiru dōga videos that humanity is not ready for (Niconico Video slang phrase)",
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      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はやけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "早かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はやかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "早くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はやくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "早かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はやかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "早くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はやくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "早いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はやいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "早くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はやくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "早かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はやかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "早くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はやくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "早くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はやくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "早ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はやければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "早かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はやかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "早かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はやかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "早く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はやく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "早さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はやさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "はやい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "早(はや)い • (hayai) -i (adverbial 早(はや)く (hayaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "はや",
        "lemma": "早",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "english": "late",
          "word": "晩い"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Good morning. You sure get up early, don't you? Just like always.",
          "roman": "Ohayō. Aikawarazu okiru no hayai ne.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "相変",
              "あいか"
            ],
            [
              "起",
              "お"
            ],
            [
              "早",
              "はや"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "おはよう。相変わらず起きるの早いね。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "人類には早すぎる動画 jinrui ni wa hayasugiru dōga videos that humanity is not ready for (Niconico Video slang phrase)",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人類",
              "じんるい"
            ],
            [
              "早",
              "はや"
            ],
            [
              "動画",
              "どうが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "(literally, “videos that are too early for humanity”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "early"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "early",
          "early"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "english": "slow-witted",
          "word": "遅い"
        },
        {
          "word": "愚か"
        },
        {
          "word": "鈍い"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "quick-witted"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quick-witted",
          "quick-witted"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "english": "slow",
          "word": "遅い"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "速い: quick, fast, speedy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "速い",
          "速い#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "fast",
          "fast"
        ],
        [
          "speedy",
          "speedy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "はやい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ha̠ja̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kojiki"
  ],
  "word": "早い"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "早い"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "早い",
  "trace": ""
}

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