萌える

Japanese
Kanji in this term
萌
も
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

/moju/ → /mojeru/ → /moeru/

From classical 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verb 萌ゆ (moyu).[1][2]

Derived from the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete or irrealis form”) and 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) 萌え (moe, likely parsed as moye) + る (-ru, verb suffix), thereby shifting to 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”).

Possibly cognate with 燃える (moeru, “to burn, be passionate, light ablaze”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) もえる [mòérú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb
Japanese verb pair
active 萌やす
mediopassive 萌える

萌(も)える • (moeru) intransitive ichidan (stem 萌(も)え (moe), past 萌(も)えた (moeta))

  1. to bud, sprout
    Synonyms: 兆す (kizasu), 芽ぐむ (megumu)
  2. to be aroused (especially sexually)
  3. (by extension, slang) to feel or experience moé
    僕(ぼく)は、メイドさんや巫女(みこ)さんには萌(も)えない。
    Boku wa, meido-san ya miko-san ni wa moenai.
    I don’t feel anything towards maids and shrine maids.
    (Maids and shrine maids aren’t my type.)
    いまいち萌(も)えない娘(むすめ)
    Imaichi Moenai Musume
    Lacking-in-Moé-Girl
    (literally, “girl [towards which it is] kind of difficult to experience moé”)
    Synonym: ブヒる (buhiru)

Conjugation
Conjugation of "萌える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 萌え もえ moe
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 萌え もえ moe
Shūshikei ("terminal") 萌える もえる moeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 萌える もえる moeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 萌えれ もえれ moere
Meireikei ("imperative") 萌えよ¹
萌えろ²		 もえよ¹
もえろ²		 moeyo¹
moero²
Key constructions
Passive 萌えられる もえられる moerareru
Causative 萌えさせる
萌えさす		 もえさせる
もえさす		 moesaseru
moesasu
Potential 萌えられる
萌えれる³		 もえられる
もえれる³		 moerareru
moereru³
Volitional 萌えよう もえよう moeyō
Negative 萌えない
萌えぬ
萌えん		 もえない
もえぬ
もえん		 moenai
moenu
moen
Negative continuative 萌えず もえず moezu
Formal 萌えます もえます moemasu
Perfective 萌えた もえた moeta
Conjunctive 萌えて もえて moete
Hypothetical conditional 萌えれば もえれば moereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms
  • 萌(も)え立(た)つ (moetatsu)

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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