Illustration: At a small Japanese neighborhood restaurant, a diner accidentally knocks a water glass toward the edge of the counter with an elbow. The server's hand has already shot forward and caught it at a steep angle, with only one drop escaping above the rim.

JLPT N2i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

素す早ばやい

subayai

quick, swift

Example sentences

悪わるい知しらせはすばやく伝つたわる。
Bad news travels fast.
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彼女かのじょはすばやく服ふくを着きた。
She dressed herself quickly.
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彼かれは素早すばやくフランス語ごを習得しゅうとくした。
He acquired French quickly.
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Kanji in 素早

素elementary; principleOnソ・スKunもと
早early; fastOnソウ・サッKunはやい・はや・はや-

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