はやめ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
早め
速め

Pronunciation

Adjective

はやめ • (hayameはやめ (fayame)?-na (adnominal はやめ (hayame na), adverbial はやめ (hayame ni))

  1. 早め: earlier than expected or usual
    コロナ(はや)(しゅう)(そく)させた(くに)
    korona o hayame ni shūsoku saseta kuni
    a country that was able to deal with COVID-19 quickly
  2. 速め: faster than expected or usual

Inflection

Coordinate terms

Noun

はやめ • (hayameはやめ (fayame)?

  1. 早め: being earlier than expected or usual
    (はや)(ゆう)(しょく)
    hayame no yūshoku
    early dinner
  2. 速め: being faster than expected or usual

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN