a title used after the name of teachers, doctors, lawyers, or certain other professionals

(dialect, Hakata) teacher, professor

an elder / a scholar / a teacher or a professor / sensei (Japanese martial arts teacher) / sir, a polite form of address to teachers, doctors, etc.

as soon as

early

already, now

Alternative form of 早く (“quickly; soon”)

(informal) Alternative form of 早い (hayai, “early; quick”, terminal or attributive form)

early

(very formal) pleased to meet you