Word Meaning 足を速める

あしをはやめる ashi o hayameru

足を速める is read as あしをはやめる (ashi o hayameru) and means to quicken one's pace (steps).

Meaning

English

to quicken one's pace (steps)

Reading

Kana

あしをはやめる

Romaji

ashi o hayameru

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 103817 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

足速い

あしばやい

swift-footed

速足

はやあし

trot (horse gait)

足を取られる

あしをとられる

to be too drunk to stand

足を向ける

あしをむける

to head towards

足して二で割る

たしてにでわる

to combine parts of two different things into a new thing

足に任せる

あしにまかせる

to go where one's feet take one

足る

たる

to be sufficient

足りる

たりる

to be sufficient

足下を見る

あしもとをみる

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation)

足を奪われる

あしをうばわれる

to be stranded

足が出る

あしがでる

to have a secret revealed

足首

あしくび

ankle

Example Sentences

予鈴だ。校門の辺りにいた生徒たちが一斉に足を速める。

It's the class bell. The pupils that had been around the school gate quickened their steps as one.