Japanese

ある期間の中の早い時間、あるいは、ある時点より早い時間 _(takkur)
― 予定の時刻より早くに着いた; 彼らは朝も早くから口論を始めた

English

an early time in a time period or a time before a certain time point _(takkur)
― I arrived earlier than expected; they started to quarrel although it was early in the morning

_{takkur (2018-02-20 04:01:11)}

(TK Feb 20, 2018) positional noun, can be modified by a certain kind of adverb such as "少し" or an adverbal phrase like "~より"