Early

by Nao

haya-i, haya-meru, haya-maru, sō

Hayai is an adjective meaning early. Hayaku is an adverb meaning early.

To get up early can be said as “asa ga hayai,” which literally means that morning is early. The habit of getting up early is hayaoki. Oki comes from the verb okiru, meaning to get up. The proverb “the early bird catches the worm” is always translated as “hayaoki wa san mon no toku,” which means that the early riser earns extra three pennies. Toku means profit. I noticed that I haven’t mentioned that mon is an old unit of money. In ancient China, this coin weighed 3.75 grams.

Rapid talking is hayakuchi. Hayakuchi kotoba means tongue twisters.

1. Draw the left side of the rectangle.
2. Draw the upper and right sides of the rectangle.
3. Draw the horizontal stroke in the rectangle.
4. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.
5. Draw the horizontal line under the rectangle.
6. Draw the vertical line crossing the previous horizontal line.

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