早める

Japanese

Kanji in this term
早
はや(める) Grade: 1

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

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.
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!

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

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

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