早はや引びき

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

leaving work or school early

Common everyday word for leaving one's workplace or school before the official end time. Often used with する to mean 'to leave early'.

See also: 早引け

• 今日きょうは体たい調ちょうが悪わるいので早はや引びきします。

  I'm not feeling well today, so I'll leave work early.

• 彼かれはよく早はや引びきして病びょう院いんに行いく。

  He often leaves early to go to the hospital.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

quick lookup in a dictionary or index

Only when written 早引き

Refers to the act of quickly finding a word or entry in a reference work. Only written as 早引き.

• 辞じ書しょの早はや引びきが得とく意いだ。

  I'm good at quickly looking things up in a dictionary.