VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

早く

はやく

hepburn hayaku

quickly, early

Part of speech · adverb

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早early

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Examples

早く起きた。
I got up early.
もっと早く来てください。
Please come sooner.

Collocations

早く (hayaku, early)早起き (haya-oki, early rising)朝早く (asa hayaku)早めに (hayame ni, in advance)朝活 (asa-katsu, morning activities)

Mnemonic

Hayaku (早く) is "early / quickly" — B + cluster (asa-katsu, early-morning culture). Kanji 早. Japanese cluster: (1) asa-katsu (2010s neologism — 5-7 AM pre-commute exercise, reading, cafe; OL and salaryman self-improvement); (2) haya-oki wa sanmon no toku (classical proverb); (3) souchou kinmu (predawn duty); (4) homophone kanji split — 早い (early in time) vs 速い (fast in speed). JLPT N5 plus Japans asa-katsu cluster.

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Asa-katsu?