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])[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
    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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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