JLPT N5 · い-adjective

早い (hayai)

早い (はやい, hayai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “fast; quick”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: はやい
Romaji: hayai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

fast; quick; rapid; swift; speedy · い-adjective · esp. 速い
early; soon; earlier than usual · い-adjective
premature; too soon; too early · い-adjective
easy; simple; quick; fast · い-adjective · esp. 早い
as soon as ...; the moment ...; the instant ... · い-adjective · as ...するが早いか or ...するより早く

Example sentences

あれは世界で最も速い電車です。

That is the fastest train in the world.

Tatoeba #229691

子供は成長が早い。

Children grow very quickly.

Tatoeba #168525

今年は春の訪れが早かった。

Spring has come early this year.

Tatoeba #171315

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

Conjugation of 早い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	早い	はやい hayai
Negative	早くない	はやくない hayakunai
Past	早かった	はやかった hayakatta
Negative past	早くなかった	はやくなかった hayakunakatta
Te-form	早くて	はやくて hayakute
Adverb (~ku)	早く	はやく hayaku
Conditional (~ba)	早ければ	はやければ hayakereba

Kanji in 早い

早

early, fastソウ・サッ・はや.い・はや · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 早い.

早速さっそくat once早口はやくちfast-talking早急そうきゅうimmediate早急さっきゅうimmediate素早いすばやいquick早めるはやめるto bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours)

Source: JMdict entry 1404975 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.