What does this Japanese mean?
Some Japanese idioms can be hard to understand.
But even in the JLPT exams, these aspects of language are tested.
Let's try a Japanese quiz!
「矢継ぎ早」って、どういう意味?
What does this phrase 「矢継ぎ早」(やつぎばや)mean?
Choose the correct word to fit into the missing space ( ).
Select the answer from choices 1~ 3 below.
① ゆっくりした slow
② とぎれがちな intermittent, often interrupted
③ 次々とはやい quickly one after another
答えは・・・The answer is・・・
③ 次々とはやい quickly one after another
◆ Today's expression
矢継ぎ早(やつぎばや) rapid-fire, fast and furious
◆ Example Sentence
社長は、社員の矢継ぎ早の質問に答えられなかった。
The president was unable to answer the employee's barrage of questions.
◆ Etymology
The word 矢継ぎ "yatsugi" refers to the act of continuing to put the next arrow on the bow after shooting one arrow, and the word "yatsugi-haya" refers to a rapid succession of arrows.