I Love Kanji早急 (soukyuu)
早急 (そうきゅう, soukyuu) 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
- そうきゅう
- Romaji
- soukyuu
- 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 | そうきゅうだ soukyuuda |
| Present (polite) | 早急です | そうきゅうです soukyuudesu |
| Negative | 早急じゃない | そうきゅうじゃない soukyuujanai |
| Past | 早急だった | そうきゅうだった soukyuudatta |
| Negative past | 早急じゃなかった | そうきゅうじゃなかった soukyuujanakatta |
| Te-form | 早急で | そうきゅうで soukyuude |
| Before a noun | 早急な | そうきゅうな soukyuuna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 早急に | そうきゅうに soukyuuni |
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.