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手早い: nimble; quick; agile | JLPT N2 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

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手早い

JLPT N2Vocabulary

手早(てばや)い

てばやい

nimble; quick; agile

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Reading and meaning Adjective forms Example sentences Kanji in this lesson

Reading and meaning

Reading: てばやい
Romaji: tebayai
Meaning: nimble; quick; agile
Word type: i adjective

Adjective forms

Present: 手早(てばや)いです
Present negative: 手早(てばや)くないです
手早(てばや)くありません
Past: 手早(てばや)かったです
Past negative: 手早(てばや)くなかったです
手早(てばや)くありませんでした
Before a noun: 手早(てばや)い
Connective: 手早(てばや)くて
Adverbial: 手早(てばや)く
Ba conditional: 手早(てばや)ければ
Tara conditional: 手早(てばや)かったら
Appearance: 手早(てばや)そうです
Change of state: 手早(てばや)くなります
Excess: 手早(てばや)すぎます
Nominalized: 手早(てばや)いの

Present: 手早(てばや)い
Present negative: 手早(てばや)くない
Past: 手早(てばや)かった
Past negative: 手早(てばや)くなかった
Before a noun: 手早(てばや)い
Connective: 手早(てばや)くて
Adverbial: 手早(てばや)く
Ba conditional: 手早(てばや)ければ
Tara conditional: 手早(てばや)かったら
Appearance: 手早(てばや)そうだ
Change of state: 手早(てばや)くなる
Excess: 手早(てばや)すぎる
Nominalized: 手早(てばや)いの

Example sentences

FuriganaEnglish

彼(かれ)は手早(てばや)い作業(さぎょう)で、部屋(へや)をすぐに

片(かた)

づけた。

He quickly tidied up the room with his nimble work.

店員(てんいん)は手早(てばや)い対応(たいおう)で、客(きゃく)を待(ま)たせなかった。

The clerk handled things swiftly and did not keep the customer waiting.

監督(かんとく)は手早(てばや)い判断(はんだん)で、試合(しあい)の流(なが)れを変(か)えた。

The coach changed the flow of the game with a quick decision.

彼女(かのじょ)は手早(てばや)い身支度(みじたく)を済(す)ませ、早朝(そうちょう)の電車(でんしゃ)に乗(の)った。

She got ready quickly and boarded the early-morning train.

Kanji in this lesson

手handJLPT N5 早early, fastJLPT N5

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