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Grammar detail: はやい

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JLPT:
はやい - early; fast
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The word はやい means early or fast. In spoken language, these concepts are largely interchangeable in English, and the same is true in Japanese. In written Japanese, however, はやい can be written with two different kanji, depending on whether we are referring to speed or the passage of time:
  • 速い - fast, rapid: used when referring to something's physical speed
DETAILS
かれ
彼
は
わたし
私
たちのクラスで
いちばん
一番
はや
速
いランナーです。
He is the fastest runner in our class.
  • 早い - early, quick: used when referring to how quickly or early something takes place
DETAILS
かれ
彼
は
はや
早
く
お
起
きない。
He does not get up early.
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Kanji used in this grammar

速
ソク   はやい fast   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   すみやか speedy   
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早
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はやい early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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番
バン    turn   
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起
キ   おきる to wake up, to get up   おこる to happen   おこす to rouse   
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