迅じん速そく

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Meanings

Describes actions, responses, or processes that are carried out with speed and efficiency. Often used in formal or business contexts.

問もん題だいが発はっ生せいした場ば合あい、迅じん速そくに対たい応おういたします。
If a problem occurs, we will respond promptly.
彼かれの迅じん速そくな判はん断だんが事じ故こを防ふせいだ。
His swift decision prevented an accident.

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Usage patterns

迅じん速そくな対たい応おうa prompt response/handling
会かい社しゃは迅じん速そくな対たい応おうで顧こ客きゃくの信しん頼らいを得えた。
The company earned customers' trust through its prompt response.
迅じん速そくに〈動どう詞し〉to do (a verb) quickly/promptly
問もん題だいが発はっ生せいしたら迅じん速そくに報ほう告こくしてください。
If a problem occurs, please report it promptly.
迅じん速そくな措そ置ちをとるto take prompt measures/action
政せい府ふは迅じん速そくな措そ置ちをとることを約やく束そくした。
The government promised to take prompt measures.
迅じん速そくな処しょ理りquick processing/handling (of a task)
このシステムは注ちゅう文もんの迅じん速そくな処しょ理りを可か能のうにする。
This system enables quick processing of orders.

Kanji

迅swift, fast
速quick, fast

Related words· 9

早はやいN5
速い is a general, everyday word for 'fast', while 迅速 is a formal term stressing prompt efficiency, often in business or official contexts.
素す早ばやいN2
素早い typically describes quick physical movement or reflexes, whereas 迅速 covers broader processes and responses, including abstract ones.
早そう急きゅうN1
早急 emphasizes urgency and the need to act without delay, while 迅速 emphasizes the speed and efficiency of the action itself.
敏びん速そく
敏速 is a rarer, more literary word for quickness combined with agility, whereas 迅速 is the standard formal term used in business and official writing.

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速すみやかN1
迅速 and 速やか are both formal written terms for swiftness, but 迅速 stresses sheer speed while 速やか stresses timeliness and appropriateness of the action.
急きゅう速そくN2
迅速 emphasizes promptness and efficiency in action or response, while 急速 simply describes fast speed or progress.
手て早ばやい
迅速 is a formal noun/adjectival noun for 'prompt' or 'speedy' used in official contexts, while 手早い is a casual i-adjective describing quick, skillful hands-on work.
手てっ取とり早ばやいN1
迅速 is a formal, often written word for 'swift/rapid', whereas 手っ取り早い is casual and stresses practical speed over formality.
スピーディー
迅速 is a formal Sino-Japanese term for rapid action used in official or written contexts, whereas スピーディー is a casual loanword with the same idea.

Opposites

遅おそいN5
遅い means 'slow', the everyday opposite of 迅速's formal 'prompt/swift'.
緩かん慢まん
緩慢 is a formal word for 'sluggish' or 'slow-moving', serving as the direct formal antonym of 迅速.
遅ち滞たい
迅速 means prompt or speedy action, the opposite of 遅滞's sense of delay or lagging behind.

Word family

無む常じょう迅じん速そく
swift passage of life; impermanence and the nearness of death
迅じん速そく果か敢かん
quick and decisive; swift and resolute
迅じん速そく果か断だん
quick and decisive; fast and daring

Etymology

Compound of 迅 (swift) and 速 (fast). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination conventionally conveys speed and promptness.