英和和英

読み方 はやく

副詞

1

（＝速力の早く）fast; rapidly; swiftly

用例

• この船は早く走る
  The ship sails fast
  She is a fast sailer.

• 雑草は早く生長する
  Weeds grow rapidly.
• この鳥は早く飛ぶ
  This bird flies swiftly.

2

（＝動作の早く）quickly; rapidly; promptly; with promptly; with despatch

用例

• 早く早く
  Be quick （about it）!
  Use despatch!
  Look alive!
  Look sharp!

• お客さんにお早く願いますと言え
  Tell the gentleman to look alive!
• グズグズしないで早く来い
  Look sharp!
  Sharp's the word!
• こういう病気は早く手当をしないと手後れになる
  Such cases require prompt attention.
• どうせやるなら早くやれ
  If you give at all, give quickly.
• 早く覚える者は早く忘れる
  Those who learn quickly, forget as quickly.
• 早く返事しろ
  Answer promptly
  Answer with promptitude.

3

（＝時の早く）early; soon; betimes

用例

• 朝早くたった
  I started early in the morning―at an early hour―bright and early―I made an early start.

• 彼は朝早く出て晩遅く帰る
  He goes out early in the morning, and comes home late in evening.
• 朝早くから夜遅くまで働く
  He works early and late―from early till late.
• 君は早く起きるか
  Do you get up early?
  Are you an early riser?
• 早く起きて一番汽車に間に合った
  I got up so early as to be in time for the first train.
• 一番に間に合うように早く起きた
  I got up early, so as to be in time for the first train.
• 朝早く起きて天気模様を見た
  I was up betimes to mark the signs of the weather.
• 昨晩は早く寝た
  I went to bed early last night.
• 手前どもでは早く寝て早く起きます
  We keep early hours―keep good hours.
• 彼は早く両親に死に別れた
  He early lost his parents
  He lost his parents at an early age.
• この果物は早く熟する
  This fruit ripens early.
• 日本は早くから支那と貿易した
  Japan early traded with China
  Japan's trade with China began in an early age.
• 早くお返事を願います
  Please oblige me with an early answer―a speedy answer.
• ご都合でなるべく早く金をお返し下さい
  Please pay the money at your earliest convenience.
• なるべく早く来い
  Come as soon as possible―as soon as you can.
• 早く来るほどが好い
  The sooner, the better.
• 早く運びをつけてもらいたい
  I want the matter settled as soon as possible.
• 何故もっと早く来なかったか
  Why did you not come sooner?―earlier?
• どちらが早く着くだろうか
  Which do you think will arrive sooner?
• 医者がもっと早く来たらけが人は助かったのだに
  If the doctor had come sooner―earlier―the injured would have been saved.
• 事件が早くかたづけばよい
  I with the matter would soon be over―come to a speedy conclusion.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 早くお帰りよ
  （Come back soon―と言わずして） Don't be long!

• 早く帰る
  I shall not be long.
• 一刻も早く、片時も早く
  There is no time to lose
  There is not a moment to be lost.
• 一刻も早く病人の手当をしろ
  You must lose no time in attending to the sick.
• 早くその時になれば好い
  How I long for that time to come!
• 早く故郷へ帰りたい
  How I long to see my native land!
• 早く試験の成績が聞きたい
  I am anxious to know the result of my examination.
• 彼は早く行きたがってバタバタしている
  He is impatient to be gone.
• 子どもらが早くお祭りへ行きたがっている
  The children are eager to go to the festival.
• 早く大きくなって偉くおなりなさい
  Make haste and grow up to be a great man!

読み方 はやく

名詞

Breach of promise; infraction of contract:（=する） to break one's promise; to break one's word; to infringe a contract

読み方 はやく

名詞

（＝芝居の端役）（物）a small part （in a play）:（人）a utility （-man）; a supernumerary:（を略して）a super