Price & speed

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The two everyday scales for errands and plans: what something costs and how early, late, fast or slow it is.

Mix-ups

Antonym pairs get swapped, so learn takai before yasui and hayai before osoi, then mix them; per 11-list-adjectives note 9(d), keep yasui at least 15 items after takai in drill order even though they share a block. takai also means tall or high, and its opposite there is hikui, not yasui.

takai

polite takai desudrama rank #421

expensive, high, tall

高い たかいPlay 高いですPlay

Expensive (the daily shopping sense), and also high or tall for buildings, people, voices and levels; the opposite is yasui for price and hikui for height.

casualPlay

kono mise, takai ne

This place is expensive.

この店、高いね

politePlay

kono omise, takai desu ne

This place is expensive.

このお店、高いですね

se ga takai = tall (of a person).

Learn alongside: yasui

yasui

polite yasui desudrama rank #1315

cheap, inexpensive

安い やすいPlay 安いですPlay

Says something is cheap or good value (prices, shops, deals); it is the opposite of takai only in the price sense.

casualPlay

kono mise, yasui ne

This place is cheap.

この店、安いね

politePlay

kono omise, yasui desu ne

This place is cheap.

このお店、安いですね

It is a different word from the suffix -yasui (easy to ...): tabeyasui = easy to eat.

Learn alongside: takaiLearn first: takai

hayai

polite hayai desudrama rank #396

early, fast, quick

早い はやいPlay 早いですPlay

Early in time ('mou? hayai!') and fast in speed or progress; it is one word by ear but has two kanji in writing (早い early, 速い fast).

casualPlay

kyou, hayai ne

You're early today.

今日、早いね

politePlay

kyou wa hayai desu ne

You're early today.

今日は早いですね

The adverb hayaku (quickly, early) is its own item in C.

Learn alongside: osoi

osoi

polite osoi desudrama rank #328

late, slow

遅い おそいPlay 遅いですPlay

Late in time or slow in speed; 'mou osoi' means it's too late now, and 'osoi!' is the complaint to someone who kept you waiting.

casualPlay

kyou, osoi ne

You're late today.

今日、遅いね

politePlay

kyou wa osoi desu ne

You're late today.

今日は遅いですね

'Late for something' uses the verb okureru (densha ni okureta), not osoi.

Learn alongside: hayaiLearn first: hayai