めばえ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of めばえ – see the following entry.
芽生え
[noun] [from 1840] germination; sprouting; the act of new seeds appearing; also the sprout produced
[noun] [from 1901] (hapax legomenon) a seedling
[noun] [from 1889] the beginning of an occurrence; an "embryo"
(This term, めばえ (mebae), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as めばえ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as めばえ.)