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早める (hayameru) Japanese meaning: bring forward | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 早める · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 早はや める 早はや めない Polite 早はや めます 早はや めません Past polite 早はや めました 早はや めませんでした Past 早はや めた 早はや めなかった Te-form 早はや めて 早はや めないで Desire 早はや めたい 早はや めたくない Potential 早はや められる also 早はや めれる 早はや められない also 早はや めれない Passive 早はや められる 早はや められない Causative 早はや めさせる 早はや めさせない Causative passive 早はや めさせられる 早はや めさせられない Volitional 早はや めよう Polite volitional 早はや めましょう Imperative 早はや めろ 早はや めるな Conditional 早はや めれば 早はや めなければ Tara conditional 早はや めたら 早はや めなかったら
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かい
始し
時じ
間かん
を
30
分ぷん
早はや
め
ましょう
。
Let's bring the meeting start time forward by 30 minutes.
It is said that overwork hastened his death.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 早はや める to move an event or schedule up to an earlier time
We moved up the start time of the meeting.
ペースを 早はや める to pick up the pace of an activity
As the finish line came closer, he quickened his pace.
〈 数すう 〉 早はや める to move something forward by a specific amount of time
We decided to move the departure up by one hour.
死し を 早はや める to hasten someone's death
Excessive drinking can hasten one's death.
Transitive / intransitive Related words 前倒しする is a business-style term for moving a schedule or plan forward, while 早める is the more general everyday verb for making something earlier.
加速する is a more formal, often technical word for increasing speed or pace, while 早める is the everyday verb used with words like ペース or 歩調.
早める is the general verb for making something happen sooner, while 繰り上げる specifically implies shifting a scheduled date, order, or rank earlier within a sequence.
早める specifically means to move a time or schedule earlier, while 進める covers that meaning plus general forward progress on work or plans.
Opposites 遅らせる means to delay or push back a time, the direct opposite of 早める, which means to move it earlier.
早める means to move something up or make it happen sooner, the direct opposite of 遅らす, which means to make something happen later.
早める means to move a schedule earlier, the opposite of 伸ばす's sense of postponing or pushing back a deadline.
Word family early; a little earlier than usual · a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
a little early; earlier than usual; ahead of time · rather quickly; a little faster than usual
drugs to induce or speed up childbirth
sooner rather than later; as soon as possible; quickly
Written forms 早はや める Usage 59%
Standard kanji for temporal advancement, hastening, or bringing forward. Preferred spelling for sense 1.
速はや める Usage 32%
Used specifically for increasing speed or pace, as in quickening steps or accelerating a process.
はやめる Usage 9%
Etymology Derived from the adjective 早い/速い (はやい, 'early'/'fast') with the verbalizing suffix ～める, forming a transitive verb meaning 'to make early/fast'.
引ひ き 延の ばす
N1
早める means to move something up or hasten it, the opposite of 引き伸ばす's sense of dragging something out.
