速さ
はやさ
Also written 早さ
Meanings
- Noun speed; velocity; quickness; rapidity (esp. 速さ)
- earliness (esp. 早さ)
Kanji
- 速 speed. Read as はや.
Example sentences
- 急行列車が目にとまらぬ速さで走りすぎていった。
The express train went by so fast that we hardly saw it. - その列車は時速五十マイルの速さで走っている。
The train is traveling at the rate of 50 miles an hour. - その飛行機は毎時５００キロの速さで飛ぶ。
The airplane flies at a speed of five hundred kilometers per hour. - その速さで精一杯ですか。
Is that as fast as you can go? - スージーは私の何倍もの速さでタイプが打てる。
Susie can type many times as fast as I can.
Common phrases
Words containing 速さ
- 光の速さ (ひかりのはやさ) the speed of light