はやく

Japanese

Alternative spellings
早く速く

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はやく [háꜜyàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ha̠ja̠kɯ̟]

Noun

はやく • (hayaku) ^{←はやく (fayaku)^?}

an early time

Adjective

はやく • (hayaku) ^{←はやく (fayaku)^?}

adverbial and continuative stem of はやい (hayai)
1. 早く: early
  彼(かれ)は早(はや)く家(いえ)に戻(もど)って来(き)た。
  Kare wa hayaku ie ni modotte kita.
  He came back home early.
2. 早く: quickly, soon
  早(はや)く言(い)えよ。
  Hayaku ie yo.
  Just say it already.
3. 速く: quickly; fast