Japanese

める

はやめる
Meaning: to hasten; to advance; to speed up
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 早める 早めない
Polite 早めます 早めません
Past 早めた 早めなかった
Polite + Past 早めました 早めませんでした
Te-form 早めて 早めなくて
Potential 早められる 早められない
Passive 早められる 早められない
Causative 早めさせる 早めさせない
Imperative 早めろ 早めるな

Handwriting

早
め
る

Example

He decided to advance the departure time by one hour.

Usage Notes

Used when moving a schedule forward or increasing the speed of an action.

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