足早

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あし
Grade: 1
はや > ばや
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (ashi, foot) + (haya, fast). The haya changes to baya as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Adjective

(あし)(ばや) • (ashibaya) -na (adnominal (あし)(ばや) (ashibaya na), adverbial (あし)(ばや) (ashibaya ni))

  1. brisk, swift-footed, fast-paced

Inflection

Noun

(あし)(ばや) • (ashibaya) 

  1. briskness, swift-footedness, fast-pacedness

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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