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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

早はやい

N5
はやい hayai
  1. early
い-adjective

Chinese meanings

早

Examples

  • 時ときのたつのは早はやいものだ。
    Time flies.
    时间过得真快。
  • 今年ことしは春はるの訪おとずれが早はやかった。
    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"
  }
}