Word Meaning 芽生え

めばえ mebae

芽生え is read as めばえ (mebae) and means bud.

Meaning

English

  1. bud
  2. sprout

Reading

Kana

めばえ

Romaji

mebae

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Synonyms 芽立ち,芽吹き Rank 10128 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

芽生

がせい

gemmation

germinal disk (in an egg)

芽吹く

めぶく

to bud

木の芽

きのめ

bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)

衛生

えいせい

hygiene

同級生

どうきゅうせい

classmate

生態

せいたい

ecology

一生懸命

いっしょうけんめい

very hard

誕生

たんじょう

birth

生誕

せいたん

birth

生涯

しょうがい

life

Example Sentences

5

Love began to grow between the two.

Love grew between Taro and Hanako.

The heart beats more often with the flowering of love.

It goes without saying that at that time a kind of friendship beyond master and disciple grew between the two of them.

"Welcome back. You're later than usual." "Yeah. The person who's always passing me on their electric bike had their battery die and was pushing it, so I was helping them. Electric bikes are super heavy; it surprised me." "Hmm. By the way, this kid, is it a girl or boy?" "Huh?" "Never mind. I was just thinking, 'That's how love begins, isn't it?'"