速い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
はや
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
疾い
捷い

Etymology

See 早い.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「速い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 速く やく

Terminal (終止形) 速い
Attributive (連体形) 速い
Key constructions
Informal negative 速くない やくない
くない

Informal past 速かった やかった
かった

Informal negative past 速くなかった やくなかった
くなかった

Formal 速いです いです
Conjunctive 速くて やくて
くて

Conditional 速ければ やければ
ければ

Adjective

(はや) (hayai-i (adverbial (はや) (hayaku))

  1. fast, quick
    メール返事(へんじ)(はや)(ひと)
    mēru no henji ga hayai hito
    a person who replies to e-mails quickly
    (literally, “a person whose replies to e-mails quick”)

Inflection

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References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō