早める · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 早める | 早めない |
| Polite | 早めます | 早めません |
| Past polite | 早めました | 早めませんでした |
| Past | 早めた | 早めなかった |
| Te-form | 早めて | 早めないで |
| Desire | 早めたい | 早めたくない |
| Potential | 早められるalso 早めれる | 早められないalso 早めれない |
| Passive | 早められる | 早められない |
| Causative | 早めさせる | 早めさせない |
| Causative passive | 早めさせられる | 早めさせられない |
| Volitional | 早めよう | |
| Polite volitional | 早めましょう | |
| Imperative | 早めろ | 早めるな |
| Conditional | 早めれば | 早めなければ |
| Tara conditional | 早めたら | 早めなかったら |
ichidan verb, transitive verb
bring forward; advance; hasten; expedite
Used for moving a schedule, event, or outcome to an earlier time, or for making something happen sooner. Often temporal; can also refer to hastening an undesirable result like death.
Let's bring the meeting start time forward by 30 minutes.
過労が彼の死を早めたと言われている。
It is said that overwork hastened his death.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
Focuses on increasing the rate or pace of an action or process. Commonly used with 歩調, ペース, テンポ, etc.
彼は歩調を速めて駅へ向かった。
He quickened his pace and headed to the station.
作業のペースを速める必要がある。
We need to speed up the pace of work.
We moved up the start time of the meeting.
As the finish line came closer, he quickened his pace.
We decided to move the departure up by one hour.
Excessive drinking can hasten one's death.
早める means to move a schedule earlier, the opposite of 伸ばす's sense of postponing or pushing back a deadline.
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.
sooner rather than later; as soon as possible; quickly