いちはやく
Ichihayaku
Other forms: 逸早く、逸速く、イチ早く、一早く、いち速く
いち早く (Ichihayaku) is a Japanese adverb meaning “promptly, quickly, without delay, before others”.
Meanings
- adverbpromptly; quickly; without delay
- adverbbefore others; first
Examples
ねずみはいち早く沈みそうな船を見捨てる。
Rats leave a sinking ship.
それを聞いて彼は逸早く現場に駆けつけた。
As soon as he heard of it, he hastened to the spot.
アメリカ経済は１９８７年の大暴落からいち早く回復していますね。
The U.S. economy shrugged off the '87 Crash.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).