芽め生ばえ

め

ば

え

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Refers to a new plant shoot or bud, often used literally but can also metaphorically describe the beginning of something.

芽め

生ば

え

が

見み

られる

。

In spring, buds can be seen on the trees in the garden.

彼かの女じょの心こころに恋こいの芽め生ばえを感かんじた。

I felt the first stirrings of love in her heart.

〈事こと〉の芽め生ばえthe budding/beginning of (feelings, friendship, etc.)
二人ふたりの間あいだに友ゆう情じょうの芽め生ばえが感かんじられた。
A budding friendship could be felt between the two.
芽め生ばえを感かんじるto sense the first stirrings of (a feeling)
彼かの女じょは彼かれへの恋こいの芽め生ばえを感かんじた。
She felt the first stirrings of love for him.

芽めN3
芽 is the general word for a bud or sprout, while 芽生え emphasizes the moment or act of sprouting, often figuratively.
新しん芽め
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.
萌ほう芽が
萌芽 is a more literary and formal word for a first sprout or the earliest sign of something, close in meaning to 芽生え but rarer in everyday speech.
発はつ芽がN2
発芽 is the technical biological term for a seed sprouting, while 芽生え can refer more broadly to the sprout itself or the beginning of something abstract like love.

Compound of 芽 (me, 'bud') and 生え (hae, 'growing'), from the verb 生える (haeru, 'to grow'). The reading めばえ is a rendaku form of め + はえ.