I Love Kanji早急 (sakkyuu)
早急 (さっきゅう, sakkyuu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “immediate; prompt”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- さっきゅう
- Romaji
- sakkyuu
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun
Example sentences
１月２０日（月曜日）の午前中に最終の議事事項を出しますので、早急にお返事を下さい。
We'll release the final agenda on the morning of Monday, January 20, so please reply quickly.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 早急
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 早急だ | さっきゅうだ sakkyuuda |
| Present (polite) | 早急です | さっきゅうです sakkyuudesu |
| Negative | 早急じゃない | さっきゅうじゃない sakkyuujanai |
| Past | 早急だった | さっきゅうだった sakkyuudatta |
| Negative past | 早急じゃなかった | さっきゅうじゃなかった sakkyuujanakatta |
| Te-form | 早急で | さっきゅうで sakkyuude |
| Before a noun | 早急な | さっきゅうな sakkyuuna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 早急に | さっきゅうに sakkyuuni |
Kanji in 早急
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 早急.
早いはやいfast早速さっそくat once早口はやくちfast-talking素早いすばやいquick早めるはやめるto bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours)急きゅうsudden急行きゅうこうhurrying (to somewhere)特急とっきゅうlimited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required)急ぐいそぐto hurry至急しきゅうurgent急激きゅうげきsudden急速きゅうそくrapid (e.g. progress)急にきゅうにswiftly応急おうきゅうemergency fix
Source: JMdict entry 1581270 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.