早める
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 |
Meanings
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.
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.
He quickened his pace and headed to the station.
We need to speed up the pace of work.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉を早めるto move an event or schedule up to an earlier time
We moved up the start time of the meeting.
- ペースを早めるto pick up the pace of an activity
As the finish line came closer, he quickened his pace.
- 〈数〉早めるto move something forward by a specific amount of time
We decided to move the departure up by one hour.
- 死を早めるto hasten someone's death
Excessive drinking can hasten one's death.
Expressions
- 期日を早めるadvance the date; move up the deadline