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    3. 萌芽

    萌芽

    萌ほう芽が

    germination

    KMT10News #41+1Ref L1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab19 strokes

    萠芽

    ほうが

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    germination, germ, sprout
    2.
    early sign, beginning, starting to appear

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    春はるになると、木きの枝えだに新あたらしい萌ほう芽がが見みられます。

    In spring, new sprouts can be seen on tree branches.

    KMT5Nature & Environment
    経けい済ざい回かい復ふくの萌ほう芽ががようやく見みえ始はじめた。

    Early signs of economic recovery have finally begun to appear.

    KMT7Business & Finance
    厳きびしい冬ふゆを越こえ、土つちの中なかから生せい命めいの萌ほう芽がが顔かおを出だす。

    After enduring a harsh winter, the sprouts of life emerge from the soil.

    KMT8Nature & Environment
    新あたらしい文ぶん化かの萌ほう芽がは、常つねに若わか者ものの中なかから生うまれることが多おおい。

    The beginnings of new culture often emerge from among young people.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology
    その思し想そうは、後のちの大だい革かく命めいの萌ほう芽がとなったと言いえるだろう。

    That idea could be said to have been the germ of the later great revolution.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    萌
    も.える・きざ.す・めばえ・きざ.し…(3)
    show symptoms of・sprout・bud・malt
    芽
    め…(3)
    bud・sprout・spear・germ
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