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速い is an exact match with one form of the following word:
早い
BOOST
Reading : はやい   
1. fast; quick; hasty; brisk  (esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い)
2. early (in the day, etc.); premature  (esp. 早い)
3. (too) soon; not yet; (too) early  (esp. 早い)
4. easy; simple; quick  (see also: 手っ取り早い; esp. 早い)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 187,269 which gives a rank of 175
早い is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 6,000 (about 146,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 99 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2039
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 16 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
はや
かった

You are early.
こども
子供
テレビなんか
ないで
はや
なければならない

Children must go to bed early without watching television.
うま
はし
はや

A horse runs quickly.
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速い
BOOST
Reading : はやい   
This form is included in the Wiktionary JLPT N5 list, but the kanji is not an N5 kanji, so we have removed the reference.
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 21,000 (about 30,300,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 146 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3896
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 31 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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はやい
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 58,000 (about 6,710,000 results)
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 31 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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疾い
BOOST
Reading : はやい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 172,000 (about 432,000 results)
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捷い
BOOST
Reading : はやい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 166,000 (about 459,000 results)
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ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はや early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ソク   はや fast   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   すみやか speedy   
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ソク   たば bundle   たばねる to tie in a bundle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
move
シツ    rapidly   
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シ   や arrow   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ill; illness
ショウ    fast; victory   
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fast
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slashed yo
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yo; yell
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
hand
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