Illustration: In a Japanese community hall, one guest already sits neatly at the front of a completely empty audience area, coat folded and hands expectantly on their knees. Around them, organizers are still unfolding chairs, carrying in a lectern, and taking equipment out of cases.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

早はや々ばや

hayabaya

early, promptly

早々 also has the reading そうそう. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは戦争せんそうが早々はやばやと終おわるとあてこんでいた。

    He gambled on the war coming to an early end.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 測量そくりょう・道路どうろなどの基礎的事業きそてきじぎょうを早々はやばやに切きり上あげ、産業育成さんぎょういくせいに重点じゅうてんをおいた。

    They quickly cut short the basic development works such as land surveying and roadworks and put priority on the development of the industries.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. しかし、堀ほりの専制的せんせいてきな経営けいえいは不評ふひょうを買かい早々はやばやに経営けいえいから退しりぞいている。

    However, HORI’s autocratic management received bad reputation and he left the position of management quite soon.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 早々

  • 早early; fastOnソウ・サッKunはやい・はや・はや-

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