早まる・速まる|はやまるhayamaru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Which spelling to use
早まる早まる is the more common written form for meanings including “to be brought forward” and “to be hasty”; use it by default when writing Japanese.
速まる速まる is a less common written form with the same meanings; you may encounter it in writing, but 早まる is the safer choice for learners.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be advanced
    The job-seeking season is starting earlier each year and it's the mass media that are causing that trend by moving up their job interview schedule.
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto be hasty; to be rash
    早はやまって喜よろこぶな、最後さいごに笑わらえる者ものが勝かち。↗
    He laughs best who laughs last.
  3. godan verb, intransitive verbto quicken; to speed up; to gather speedesp. 速まる
    心臓しんぞうの鼓動こどうが速はやまった。↗
    My heart quickened.
Conjugation
Dictionary form早まる(はやまる)
Polite (masu)早まります(はやまります)
Negative (nai)早まらない(はやまらない)
polite (masen)早まりません(はやまりません)
classical zu / nu早まらず・早まらぬ(はやまらず・はやまらぬ)
Past (ta)早まった(はやまった)
polite (mashita)早まりました(はやまりました)
Past negative (nakatta)早まらなかった(はやまらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)早まりませんでした(はやまりませんでした)
Te form早まって(はやまって)
Potential早まれる(はやまれる)
Passive早まられる(はやまられる)
Causative早まらせる(はやまらせる)
Causative passive早まらせられる・早まらされる(はやまらせられる・はやまらされる)
Conditional (ba)早まれば(はやまれば)
tara早まったら(はやまったら)
Volitional早まろう(はやまろう)
polite (mashou)早まりましょう(はやまりましょう)
Imperative早まれ(はやまれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive早まるはやまる⇄transitive早めるはやめる
予定よていが早はやまる
早まる emphasizes the event or resulting state, as in 予定が早まる, whereas 早める foregrounds the agent acting on something, as in 予定を早める.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 【早はやまる】かかる時間じかんが短みじかくなる。
  2. 【早はやまる】あることが起おこる時刻じこく・日時にちじがそれまでよりも前まえの時刻じこく・日時にちじになる。
  3. 【早はやまる】時じを急いそいで誤あやまる。重大じゅうだいなことがらを性急せいきゅうにまたかるはずみに行おこなう。自殺じさつ、襲撃しゅうげき、辞職じしょく、かけおちなどを暗示あんじする。
  4. 【速はやまる】速度そくどが上あがる。
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