早はよう

adverb

early; quickly; right away

Dialectal or archaic equivalent of 早く. Used adverbially to mean doing something early or promptly. Common in Kansai dialect and older speech.

See also: 早く

• 早はよう帰かえってきてな。

  Come home early, okay?

• 早はようせんと遅おくれるで。

  If you don't do it quickly, you'll be late.

noun

early time; early stage

Noun use, mostly in set phrases or older language. Refers to an early point in time or an early phase of life. Rare in modern standard Japanese.

• 早はようから準じゅん備びをしておいた。

  I prepared from an early stage.

• 早はようのうちに身みにつけた習しゅう慣かんは大たい切せつだ。

  Habits acquired early in life are important.