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早はや
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Meanings
Adverb
1. already; now; by this time
Prefix
Suffix
Noun
2. quick; early; fast; rapid
Other spellings
はや
Kanji used
早early
Pitch accent
はや
Used in vocabulary
早はや引びけ
leaving work (office, school) early
Noun
矢や継つぎ早ばや
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
Na-adjective
早はや変がわり
quick change (of costume); quick transformation; turning suddenly into; (sudden) metamorphosis
Noun
早はや送おくり
fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)
Noun
早はや合がっ点てん
jumping to a hasty conclusion; premature judgement
Noun
早はや生うまれ
being born between January 1 and April 1 (school entrance date)
Noun
早はやわかり
quick understanding; catching on quickly; (beginner's) guide; easy guide (to); quick start guide; handbook
Noun
早はや弾びき
fast playing (of a stringed instrument); shredding (e.g. on guitar)
Noun
早はや帰がえり
returning early; going home sooner than expected; returning in the morning; coming home in the morning
Noun
早はや立だち
early-morning departure
Noun
早はや仕じ舞まい
early closing; finishing (work) early
Noun
早はや死じに
premature death; untimely death; dying young
Noun
Examples4
Soon ripe, soon rotten.
I need your approval before I leave work early.
Soon learnt, soon forgotten.
Of course "Hayabusa" is not actually closing in on the Sun, it is just positioned as in the figure so that, seen from the Earth, it is on the opposite side of the Sun; this is called 'conjunction'.