Copyright © 2026 Kotomora. All Rights Reserved.
時期尚早 (jikishousou) Japanese meaning: premature | Kotomora
Report an issue with this page
画かく
は
時じ
期き
尚しょう
早そう
だ
と
いう
意い
見けん
が
多おお
かっ
た
。
Many were of the opinion that the plan was premature.
You should avoid making a premature judgment.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 は 時じ 期き 尚しょう 早そう だ it is premature to do/decide X
It's still too early to carry out this plan.
〈 事こと 〉 を 時じ 期き 尚しょう 早そう と 判はん 断だん する to judge that something is premature
時じ 期き 尚しょう 早そう の 感かん がある to have a feeling that something is (still) premature
Kanji 尚 esteem, furthermore, still 機 loom, mechanism, machine Related words 尚早 is a terser, literary way to say 'too early' that drops the explicit '時期' (timing) element found in 時期尚早.
早計 criticizes a decision as rash or hasty in itself, while 時期尚早 says the decision may be fine but the timing is premature.
Written forms 時じ 期き 尚しょう 早そう
Standard kanji form; a yojijukugo meaning 'premature'.
時じ 機き 尚しょう 早そう
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; 時機 is a less common variant of 時期.
Etymology A yojijukugo composed of 時期 (time, period) and 尚早 (still early). The combination straightforwardly yields the meaning 'premature'.
The committee judged that submitting the bill was premature.
There's a sense that fully adopting the new technology is still premature.
拙速 describes doing something quickly at the cost of quality, whereas 時期尚早 is about acting before the right time has come.
