早める

Japanese
Kanji in this term
早
はや
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

早める (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana はやめる, rōmaji hayameru)

  1. quicken, hasten, speed up
    時計を見た後で、山田さんがアルバイトに歩きを早めた。
    Tokei wo mita toki, Yamada-san ga arubaito ni aruki wo hayameta.
    After looking at her watch, Ms. Yamada sped up her walk to her part-time job.
  2. advance, propel, accelerate, catalyze; push forward (a date)
    僕たちはパーティーの日取りを早める場合、皆さんに新しい招待状を早く郵便で送らなければいけなかろう！
    Bokutachi wa pātī no hidori wo hayameru baai, minasan ni atarashii shoutaijou wo hayaku yuubin de okuranakereba-ikenakarou!
    If we were to push the date of the party forward, we would have to quickly mail everyone new invitations!

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Conjugation
Conjugation of "早める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 早め はやめ hayame
Continuative (連用形) 早め はやめ hayame
Terminal (終止形) 早める はやめる hayameru
Attributive (連体形) 早める はやめる hayameru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 早めれ はやめれ hayamere
Imperative (命令形) 早めよ¹
早めろ²		 はやめよ¹
はやめろ²		 hayameyo¹
hayamero²
Key constructions
Passive 早められる はやめられる hayamerareru
Causative 早めさせる
早めさす		 はやめさせる
はやめさす		 hayamesaseru
hayamesasu
Potential 早められる
早めれる³		 はやめられる
はやめれる³		 hayamerareru
hayamereru³
Volitional 早めよう はやめよう hayameyō
Negative 早めない
早めぬ
早めん		 はやめない
はやめぬ
はやめん		 hayamenai
hayamenu
hayamen
Negative continuative 早めず はやめず hayamezu
Formal 早めます はやめます hayamemasu
Perfective 早めた はやめた hayameta
Conjunctive 早めて はやめて hayamete
Hypothetical conditional 早めれば はやめれば hayamereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References
  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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