足早

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
足 早
あし
Grade: 1 		はや > ばや
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 足 (ashi, “foot”) +‎ 早 (haya, “fast”). The haya changes to baya as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Adjective

足(あし)早(ばや) • (ashibaya) -na (adnominal 足(あし)早(ばや)な (ashibaya na), adverbial 足(あし)早(ばや)に (ashibaya ni))

  1. brisk, swift-footed, fast-paced

Inflection

Inflection of 足早
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 足早だろ あしばやだろ ashibaya daro
Continuative (連用形) 足早で あしばやで ashibaya de
Terminal (終止形) 足早だ あしばやだ ashibaya da
Attributive (連体形) 足早な あしばやな ashibaya na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 足早なら あしばやなら ashibaya nara
Imperative (命令形) 足早であれ あしばやであれ ashibaya de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 足早ではない
足早じゃない 		あしばやではない
あしばやじゃない 		ashibaya de wa nai
ashibaya ja nai
Informal past 足早だった あしばやだった ashibaya datta
Informal negative past 足早ではなかった
足早じゃなかった 		あしばやではなかった
あしばやじゃなかった 		ashibaya de wa nakatta
ashibaya ja nakatta
Formal 足早です あしばやです ashibaya desu
Formal negative 足早ではありません
足早じゃありません 		あしばやではありません
あしばやじゃありません 		ashibaya de wa arimasen
ashibaya ja arimasen
Formal past 足早でした あしばやでした ashibaya deshita
Formal negative past 足早ではありませんでした
足早じゃありませんでした 		あしばやではありませんでした
あしばやじゃありませんでした 		ashibaya de wa arimasen deshita
ashibaya ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 足早で あしばやで ashibaya de
Conditional 足早なら（ば） あしばやなら（ば） ashibaya nara (ba)
Provisional 足早だったら あしばやだったら ashibaya dattara
Volitional 足早だろう あしばやだろう ashibaya darō
Adverbial 足早に あしばやに ashibaya ni
Degree 足早さ あしばやさ ashibayasa

Noun

足(あし)早(ばや) • (ashibaya) 

  1. briskness, swift-footedness, fast-pacedness

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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