Word details

手っ取り早い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 手っ取り早い.

Dictionary

Entry

手っ取り早いっとりばや~い Adj.Freq #7662
1

quick; prompt; without delay

Examples
彼のしたことは手っ取り早く言えば詐欺だ。
What he did is, in plain language, fraud.
2

simple; easy; effortless

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

hand

4 strokesFrequency 60JLPT N4Grade 1

On

シュ

Kun

て--てた-

take, fetch, take up

8 strokesFrequency 122JLPT N2Grade 3

On

シュ

Kun

と.ると.りと.り-とり-ど.り

Nanori

どる

early, fast

6 strokesFrequency 402JLPT N3Grade 1

On

ソウサッ

Kun

はや.いはやはや-はや.まるはや.めるさ-

Nanori

さかさわ

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