芽
芽

bud, sprout, spear, germ

8 strokesFrequency 1,691JLPT N1Grade 4

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ガ

Kun

め

Nanori

じめぐ

Dictionary

Common Words

芽体がたいNounFreq #2555
1

blastema

おめでとう《御目出度う》《御芽出度う》InterjectionUsually kanaFreq #2680
1

congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

Examples
誕生日おめでとうございます。
Many happy returns of the day!
めでたい《目出度い》愛でたい《芽出度い》～い Adj.Freq #6397
1

Word usually written using kana alone

happy; auspicious; propitious; joyous

Examples
その一件はめでたく落着するだろう。
The affair will come to a happy conclusion.
2

naive

芽生える芽ばえるめばえるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #7246
1

to bud; to sprout

Examples
太郎と花子の間に愛が芽生えた。
Love grew between Taro and Hanako.
2

to arise; to begin to grow

芽めNounFreq #10027
1

sprout; shoot; bud

Examples
木々は芽を出し始めた。
The trees are beginning to bud.
2

germinal disk (in an egg)

おめでたい《お目出度い》《お芽出度い》～い Adj.Usually kanaFreq #16405
1

Polite

(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); joyous; auspicious

Examples
それ自体はおめでたいことですが、１つ気になるコメントがありました。
This is a really good thing, but one comment keeps bothering me.
2

naive; too good-natured; gullible; foolish; simple

Examples
そんな話にだまされるなんて、よくよくおめでたいね。
You must be very naive to be taken in by such a story.
芽吹く芽ぶくめぶくIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #20437
1

to bud

芽茶めちゃNounFreq #24113
1

coarse broken tea leaves and buds generated during the sifting process

花芽かがはなめNounFreq #29863
1

flower bud

はぎ萩芽子ハギNounFreq #32233
1

Word usually written using kana alone

bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza)

2

dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn)

3

萩 only

Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

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