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喧嘩早い (けんかばやい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
喧けん 嘩か 早ばや い also: ケンカばやい · けんかぱやい
Meanings 1
i-adjective
quarrelsome ; quick to fight ; hot-tempered
Describes a person who easily gets into arguments or physical fights. Often used in the set phrase 喧嘩早い性格 (a quarrelsome personality). The cross-reference 喧嘩っ早い is a more emphatic colloquial variant.
See also: 喧嘩っ早い
あの 人ひと は 喧けん 嘩か 早ばや い から 、 あまり からかわ ない ほう が いい 。
That person is quick to fight, so you'd better not tease him too much.
Written forms 喧けん 嘩か 早ばや い
Standard kanji spelling; 喧嘩 is a common jōyō kanji compound for 'quarrel'.
ケンカ 早ばや い
Katakana spelling of the first element, often used in casual or manga contexts.
喧けん 嘩か ぱやい
Variant with rendaku voicing of 早い to ぱやい; less common but attested.
けんかぱやい
ケンカばやい
Similar words 喧けん 嘩か っ 早ぱや い A more colloquial and emphatic form with the same meaning; the っ adds a stronger, more abrupt nuance.
短たん 気き Means 'short-tempered' or 'impatient' in general, not necessarily leading to fights.
Etymology Compound of 喧嘩 (kenka, 'quarrel, fight') and 早い (hayai, 'quick, early'), with rendaku voicing of はやい to ばやい. The variant 喧嘩ぱやい uses a further emphatic voicing to ぱやい.
