First opened Sunday, April 14, 2024
素早い
すばやい
- middle-high (nakadaka): falls after mora 3
How to read it: a line over a kana means the voice is high there, and ↓ marks where it drops. A kana with no line is low. With no ↓ the pitch stays high to the end and does not drop even on a following particle (が, は).
fast, quick
Taken apart
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In a sentence
仕事は素早くしなさい。
Do your work quickly.
リスは動きがすばやい。
Squirrels are quick of movement.
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What Wiktionary says
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What the labels mean
- 混種語 Hybrid
- Words that mix layers, e.g. a native part with a Chinese one.