めばえる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
芽生える

Etymology

From () (me) + ()える (haeru). The haeru changes to baeru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ばえ [mèbáéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [me̞ba̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

めばえる • (mebaeru) めばえる (mebaeru)?intransitive ichidan (stem めばえ (mebae), past めばえた (mebaeta))

  1. (literally or figuratively) to bud; to sprout
    (こい)(ごころ)()()える
    koigokoro ga mebaeru
    to start having thoughts of love and romance

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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