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Light travels much faster than sound.
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Vocabulary list

hikari
noun
  1. light
  2. illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow
  3. happiness; hope
  4. influence; power
  5. vision; eyesight
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
oto
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. sound; noise; report
  2. note
  3. fame
  4. Chinese-derived character reading
yori
particle
  1. than
  2. from; out of; since; at; on
  3. except; but; other than
adverb
  1. more
harukani
adverb
  1. by far; far and away; much; far
  2. far away; far off; in the distance
  3. long ago; long before
haruka
na adjective, adverb
  1. far away; far off; far; distant; in the distance
  2. long ago; long before
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
hayai

Adverbial Form

hayaku
i adjective
  1. fast; quick; hasty; brisk (esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い)
  2. early (in the day, etc.); premature (esp. 早い)
  3. (too) soon; not yet; (too) early (esp. 早い)
  4. easy; simple; quick (esp. 早い)
tsutawaru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

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