Usage patterns 新しん 芽め が 出で る for new buds/shoots to emerge
New buds have appeared on the cherry tree's branches.
新しん 芽め を 摘つ む to pick new shoots (e.g. when harvesting tea)
The work of picking new shoots began in the tea field.
新しん 芽め が 伸の びる for new shoots to grow/extend
In spring, the new shoots grow rapidly.
新しん 芽め をつける for a plant to put out new buds
The trees have started to put out new buds.
Related words· 6 芽 is the general word for a bud or sprout, while 新芽 specifically stresses that the sprout is fresh and newly emerged.
若芽 also means a young sprout and is often used for edible young greens, while 新芽 emphasizes the very start of new growth, as at the beginning of a season.
新芽 is a general word for any new sprout or bud on a plant, while 木の芽 specifically refers to the young buds appearing on trees.
新芽 refers to the buds or sprouts before they open, whereas 若葉 refers to the young leaves after they have already unfurled.
Show 2 more Show fewer 新芽 refers concretely to a fresh new shoot on a plant, whereas 芽生え can also describe the abstract beginning of feelings or ideas.
新芽 is a broader term for any newly sprouted growth on a plant, while 双葉 specifically denotes the initial two cotyledon leaves.
Etymology Compound of 新 (しん , 'new') and 芽 (め , 'bud, sprout'). The reading しんめ is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi of 新 and the kun'yomi of 芽 .
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