めばえる

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
芽生える

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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
    恋(こい)心(ごころ)が芽(め)生(ば)える
    koigokoro ga mebaeru
    to start having thoughts of love and romance

Conjugation

Conjugation of "めばえる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") めばえ mebae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") めばえ mebae
Shūshikei ("terminal") めばえる mebaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") めばえる mebaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") めばえれ mebaere
Meireikei ("imperative") めばえよ¹
めばえろ² 		mebaeyo¹
mebaero²
Key constructions
Passive めばえられる mebaerareru
Causative めばえさせる
めばえさす 		mebaesaseru
mebaesasu
Potential めばえられる
めばえれる³ 		mebaerareru
mebaereru³
Volitional めばえよう mebaeyō
Negative めばえない
めばえぬ
めばえん 		mebaenai
mebaenu
mebaen
Negative continuative めばえず mebaezu
Formal めばえます mebaemasu
Perfective めばえた mebaeta
Conjunctive めばえて mebaete
Hypothetical conditional めばえれば mebaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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