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素早い (すばやい): fast, quick — Japanese vocabulary

素早い is read すばやい and means "fast, quick". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

素早い

Reading
すばやい · subayai
Translation
fast, quick
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
すばやいが

Example

悪い知らせはすばやく伝わる。

わるいしらせはすばやくつたわる。

Bad news travels fast.

Kanji in this word

  • 素 — element, plain
  • 早 — early, fast

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