が早いか (ga hayai ka)

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Meaning

  1. no sooner … than …
  2. hardly … when …

All JLPT 1 grammar : が早いか（が早いか, ga hayai ka）, no sooner … than …; hardly … when …; as soon as, Expression

Example

日本語意味
山の麓に日が昇るが早いかただ一人山を登り始めた。The sun had barely risen at the foot of the mountain when she set out alone up the slope.

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
始めhajimebeginning, start
早いhayaiearly
日hiday, sun
人hitoperson
一人hitorione person, alone
山yamamountain

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
人ジン,ニンひと, -り, -とperson
日ニチ,ジツひ, -び, -かday, sun, Japan, counter for days
山サン,センやまmountain
始シはじ.める, -はじ.める, はじ.まるbegin, commence
早ソウ,サッはや.い, はや, はや-early, fast
登トウ,ト,ドウ,ショウ,チョウのぼ.る, あ.がるascend, climb up

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