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JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

いち早はやく

ichihayaku

before others, among the first

Example sentences

  1. 当時とうじは交換手こうかんしゅに頼たよっていた時代じだいにいち早はやく電話でんわを商売しょうばいに導入どうにゅうした。

    The company was among the first to take advantage of the telephone for commercial purposes when telephone users still required operator assistance to be connected.

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

  2. 明治維新めいじいしんにおいては、いち早はやく新政府方しんせいふがたに恭順きょうじゅんを示しめした。

    During the Meiji Restoration, the Yamaga Domain was one of the first to pronounce its obedience to the new government.

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

  3. 後ごにスーパーモンキーズのリードボーカルとしてデビューする安室奈美恵あむろなみえの才能さいのうをいち早はやく見出みいだしたことでも有名ゆうめい。

    He was also famous for quickly discovering the talent of Namie AMURO who made her debut later as the lead vocal of Super Monkeys.

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

Kanji in 早

  • 早early; fastOnソウ・サッKunはやい・はや・はや-

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