早合点

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はや
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
てん
Grade: 2
kun’yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
早合點 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
はや
Grade: 1
がっ
Grade: 2
てん
Grade: 2
kun’yomi kan’yōon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
早合點 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From (early) + 合点 (understanding, agreement).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) やがてん [hàyágáꜜtèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ja̠ɡa̠tẽ̞ɴ]
  • (Tokyo) やがってん [hàyágáꜜttèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ja̠ɡa̠t̚tẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(はや)()(てん) or (はや)(がっ)(てん) • (hayagaten or hayagatten) 

  1. jumping to a hasty conclusion, get ahead of oneself
    Synonyms: 早飲み込み, 早とちり
    早合点(はやがてん)して失敗(しっぱい)する
    hayagaten shite shippai suru
    One loses by getting ahead of oneself

Verb

(はや)()(てん)する or (はや)(がっ)(てん)する • (hayagaten suru or hayagatten suru) suru (stem (はや)()(てん) (hayagaten shi), past (はや)()(てん)した (hayagaten shita))

  1. to get ahead of oneself

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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