萌ゆ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
萌
も
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Possibly cognate with classical verb 燃ゆ (moyu), modern 燃える (moeru, “to burn; get fired up; light ablaze”).

Verb

萌ゆ (intransitive, shimo nidan conjugation, hiragana もゆ, rōmaji moyu)

  1. (archaic) to bud, sprout
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 10, poem 2177), text here
      春 (はる)者 (は)毛 (も)要 (𛀁)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.

Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "萌ゆ" (ヤ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 萌えもえmoe
Continuative (連用形) 萌えもえmoe
Terminal (終止形) 萌ゆもゆmoyu
Attributive (連体形) 萌ゆるもゆるmoyuru
Realis (已然形) 萌ゆれもゆれmoyure
Imperative (命令形) 萌えよもえよmoeyo
Key constructions
Negative 萌えずもえずmoezu
Contrasting conjunction 萌ゆれどもゆれどmoyuredo
Causal conjunction 萌ゆればもゆればmoyureba
Conditional conjunction 萌えばもえばmoeba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 萌えきもえきmoeki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 萌えけりもえけりmoekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 萌えつもえつmoetu
Perfect tense (natural event) 萌えぬもえぬmoenu
Perfect-continuative tense 萌えたりもえたりmoetari

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 萌 (も)やす (moyasu, intransitive)
  • 萌 (も)える (moeru, transitive)
  • 萌 (も)え出 (い)づ (moeizu)
  • 萌 (も)え木 (ぎ) (moegi)
  • 萌葱 (もえぎ) 萌 (もえ)黄 (ぎ) (moegi)
  • 萌 (も)え草 (ぐさ) (moegusa)
  • 萌 (も)え出 (だ)す (moedasu)
  • 萌 (も)え立 (た)つ (moetatsu)
  • 萌 (も)え出 (で)る (moederu)
  • 萌 (も)え渡 (わた)る (moewataru)
  • 草 (くさ)萌 (も)え (kusamoe)
  • 下 (した)萌 (も)ゆ (shitamoyu)
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