萌ほう芽が

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

germination; sprouting; budding

Literal botanical sense: the process by which a seed or bud begins to grow. Also used figuratively for the very early stage of something.

• 春はるになると、庭にわのあちこちで植しょく物ぶつの萌ほう芽がが見みられる。

  In spring, you can see plants sprouting here and there in the garden.

• 新あたらしい技ぎ術じゅつの萌ほう芽ががこの研けん究きゅうから生うまれた。

  The germ of a new technology emerged from this research.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

early sign; beginning; first appearance

Abstract use: the earliest stage or first faint sign of a phenomenon, movement, or trend. Often used in formal or written contexts.

• 社しゃ会かい不ふ安あんの萌ほう芽がが各かく地ちで見みられるようになった。

  Early signs of social unrest began to appear in various places.

• この作さく品ひんには、後のちの傑けっ作さくの萌ほう芽ががすでに感かんじられる。

  In this work, one can already sense the beginnings of his later masterpiece.