JLPT N1 · Verb

早める (hayameru)

早める (はやめる, hayameru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
はやめる
Romaji
hayameru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to expedite; to precipitate · ichidan verb, transitive · usu. 早める
  2. to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate · ichidan verb, transitive · usu. 速める

Example sentences

その薬が成長の過程を早めた。
The medicine hastened the process of growth.
我々はふだんより足を速めて歩いた。
We walked more quickly than usual.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 早める

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary早めるはやめる hayameru
Polite (~masu)早めますはやめます hayamemasu
Negative早めないはやめない hayamenai
Polite negative早めませんはやめません hayamemasen
Past早めたはやめた hayameta
Polite past早めましたはやめました hayamemashita
Negative past早めなかったはやめなかった hayamenakatta
Te-form早めてはやめて hayamete
Potential早められるはやめられる hayamerareru
Passive早められるはやめられる hayamerareru
Causative早めさせるはやめさせる hayamesaseru
Volitional早めようはやめよう hayameyou
Imperative早めろはやめろ hayamero
Conditional (~ba)早めればはやめれば hayamereba

Kanji in 早める

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 早める.

Source: JMdict entry 1601080 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.