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はやい^１ 早い

〈時間が〉 early; premature (尚早の)

早い電車

an early train

用例

まだ早いよ. It's still early.｜You've got plenty of time.｜〈時期尚早だ〉 It's too early (for that) yet. 早いほどいい. The sooner, the better. 1 日待っても飛行機で行った方が早いよ. You'll make better time by plane, even if you have to wait until tomorrow. 早い者勝ち. First come, first served. 【諺】.

…が早いか

no sooner…than…

【形式ばった表現】 hardly [scarcely]…when [before]…

用例

彼はその知らせを聞くが早いかとび出して行った. He had hardly heard the news before he rushed out.

早い話が

to cut [make] a long story short

in short

in a word.

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形容詞相当語句

1

（＝速力の早い）fast （ship or train）; rapid （progress）; swift （motion）; speedy （horse）; fleet （steed）; quick, brisk smart （pace）

用例

あの人は足が早い
He is fleet of foot―swift of foot―swift-footed.

君は足が早くて僕はついて行けない
You walk so fast that I can't keep up with you.

口が早い
He speaks fast―He is a fast speaker.

先生は口が早くて聞き取れない
He speaks so fast that I can not follow him.

早い馬だ
It is a swift horse―a fleet steed―a speedy horse.

犬には足の早いのと鼻の利くのとある
Some dogs are chosen for speed, others for scent.

この船は船脚が早い
This ship sails fast―She is a fast sailer.

流れが早い
The stream is rapid―The current is swift.

雲脚が早い
The clouds are driving across the sky.

彼は進歩が早い
He makes rapid progress.

月日のたつのは早いものだ
Time flies.

2

（＝動作の早い）quick （eye or ear）; rapid （growth）; ready （wit）; prompt （answer）; speedy （reply）; sharp （work）

用例

君は目が早い
You have a quick eye―You are sharp-sighted.

子どもは耳が早い
Children are quick-eared―quick of hearing―“Little pitchers have long ears.”

彼は頓智が早い
He has a ready wit―He is quick-witted―sharp-witted.

日本人は合点が早い
The Japanese are quick of apprehension.

江戸子は気が早い
Tokyo people are quick-tempered―short-tempered―excitable.

江戸子はけんかが早い
The Edokko is quick to quarrel.

あの人は計算が早い
He is quick at accounts―ready at figures.

即答が早い
He is quick at repartee―ready at repartee.

仕事が早い
He is quick with his work―a quick hand―a fast worker.

実に手早い
Sharp work!

この木は生長が早い
This tree grows rapidly.

江戸は火事早い
Tokyo is subject to frequent fires.

火移りが早い
It easily catches fire.

早い話が近道をして邪道に入ったのだ
To make a long story short, he tried to get money without working for it.

3

（＝時の早い）early （season）; premature （death）

用例

寝るにはまだ早い
It is too early to go to bed.

まだ早いからもっと話して行き給え
Say a little longer, it is still early.

麦藁帽子をかぶるにはまだ早い
It is too early for straw hats.

お嫁に行くにはまだ早い
She is too young to marry.

シベリア経由はバンクーバー経由より四日だけ早い
The Siberian route is shorter than the route via Vancourver by four days.

まだ一時間早い
It is an hour too early―an hour too soon.

早いほどが好い
The sooner, the better.

JMdict

早い

読み方：はやい

速い、疾い、捷い とも書く

(1)

（形容詞）(esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い) fast; quick; hasty; brisk

(2)

(esp. 早い) early (in the day, etc.); premature

(3)

(esp. 早い) (too) soon; not yet; (too) early

(4)

(esp. 早い) easy; simple; quick

日本語WordNet(英和)

早い

【形容詞】

1 early

始まりにおいて、または、期間かすう勢の始まりの近くか以前、普通であるか期待が調節されます

(at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time)

early morning 早朝 an early warning 早期警戒 early diagnosis 早期検診 an early death 早い死 took early retirement 早期退職をした an early spring 早春 early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties エンドウとトマトの初期の品種は、最も標準的な品種より早く熟す

2 early

年端も行かない

(very young)

at an early age 幼いときに

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