早い
N5はやい hayai
- early
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
早
Examples
- 時のたつのは早いものだ。Time flies.时间过得真快。
- 今年は春の訪れが早かった。Spring has come early this year.今年春天来得早。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('4db42e0181'); // 早い
{
"id": "4db42e0181",
"word": "早い",
"reading": "はやい",
"romaji": "hayai",
"meanings": [
"early"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1404975,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "時のたつのは早いものだ。",
"furigana": "{時|とき}のたつのは{早|はや}いものだ。",
"en": "Time flies.",
"tatoeba_id": 150671
},
{
"ja": "今年は春の訪れが早かった。",
"furigana": "{今年|ことし}は{春|はる}の{訪|おとず}れが{早|はや}かった。",
"en": "Spring has come early this year.",
"tatoeba_id": 171315
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "eaec839c29d6b53dd8de54107d2a64309e6bc4edfe8d5209c4ad440ce3c12931",
"meanings": [
"早"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "時のたつのは早いものだ。",
"zh": "时间过得真快。"
},
{
"ja": "今年は春の訪れが早かった。",
"zh": "今年春天来得早。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/4db42e0181",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "2ac11cdfb76dcdfddb728fc7275ec3283845d5ba6d954bcbbd9a0862edd24294"
}
}