萌える

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萌
も Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

From classical verb 萌ゆ (moyu).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) もえる [mòérú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
- IPA^(key): [mo̞e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

萌える (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana もえる, rōmaji moeru)

to bud, to sprout
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 10, poem 2177), text here
  春 (はる)者 (は)毛 (も)要 (え)夏 (なつ)者 (は)緑 (みどり)丹 (に)紅 (くれなゐ)之 (の)綵色 (まだら)尓 (に)所見 (みゆる)秋 (あきの)山 (やま)可 (か)聞 (も) [Man'yōgana]
  春 (はる)は萌 (も)え夏 (なつ)は緑 (みどり)に紅 (くれなゐ)のまだらに見 (み)ゆる秋 (あき)の山 (やま)かも [Modern spelling]
  haru wa moe natsu wa midori ni kurenai no madara ni miyuru aki no yama ka mo
  In spring, budding; in summer, green; and in autumn, the mountain is specked with crimson colors.
Synonyms: 芽ぐむ (megumu), 萌やす (moyasu)
to be aroused (especially sexually)
(slang) to feel/experience moé
僕 (ぼく)は、メイドさんや巫 (み)女 (こ)さんには萌 (も)えない。
Boku wa, meido-san ya miko-san ni wa moenai.
I don't feel anything towards maids and shrine maids.

Synonym: ブヒる (buhiru)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "萌える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	萌えら	もえら	moera
Continuative (連用形)	萌えり	もえり	moeri
Terminal (終止形)	萌える	もえる	moeru
Attributive (連体形)	萌える	もえる	moeru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	萌えれ	もえれ	moere
Imperative (命令形)	萌えれ	もえれ	moere
Key constructions
Passive	萌えられる	もえられる	moerareru
Causative	萌えらせる萌えらす	もえらせるもえらす	moeraseru moerasu
Potential	萌えれる	もえれる	moereru
Volitional	萌えろう	もえろう	moerō
Negative	萌えらない	もえらない	moeranai
Negative continuative	萌えらず	もえらず	moerazu
Formal	萌えります	もえります	moerimasu
Perfective	萌えった	もえった	moetta
Conjunctive	萌えって	もえって	moette
Hypothetical conditional	萌えれば	もえれば	moereba

Derived terms

萌 (も)え (moe)

See also

燃 (も)える (moeru, “to burn, get fired up”)

References

↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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