Japanese word

早まる

Pronunciation

Romajihayamaru

Meaning

  • verbbe moved up

Example

会議の時間が早まります。kai gi no ji kan ga haya ma ri ma su

The meeting time will be moved up.

Illustration for 早まる (be moved up)

More examples

申込書の提出期限が早まりました。mōshi komi sho no tei shutsu ki gen ga haya ma ri ma shi ta

The submission deadline has been moved up.

Core concept

Expresses a shift to an earlier time and, by extension, a choice or action taken too soon.

Common phrases

  • 到着予定が早まるtō chaku yo tei ga haya ma ru

    the expected arrival time is moved up

  • 作業開始が早まるsa gyō kai shi ga haya ma ru

    the work start time is moved up

  • 発売日が早まるhatsu bai hi ga haya ma ru

    the release date is moved up

Similar words

繰り上がるkuriagaru: To be moved to an earlier time within an established schedule.

Definition in Japanese

時期や時刻が予定より前になる。また、考えや行動が軽率になる。ji ki ya ji koku ga yo tei yo ri mae ni na ru ma ta kanga e ya kō dō ga kei sotsu ni na ru

Word origin

早まる (hayamaru) is formed from 早い (hayai, "early") and the change-of-state suffix まる (maru, "become"); becoming early gives rise to the sense of acting prematurely.

Usage tips

  • 早まる (hayamaru) can describe a meeting time only when the time itself is the subject, whereas a person who moves it earlier is described with 早める (hayameru).

Other meanings

  • act rashlyverb

Opposites

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