めばえる

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

• (Tokyo) めばえる [mèbáéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ba̠e̞ɾɯ̟]

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