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め
Kanji
芽
Noun
Japanese Meaning
植物などが成長を始める部分や、新しく出てくる小さな部分を指す言葉。転じて、物事が起こり始めるきざしや可能性なども表す。
Easy Japanese Meaning
しょくぶつがはえはじめるちいさなでっぱり。ものごとのはじまりやたまごのいのちのもと。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
芽；嫩芽 / 想法的苗头；端倪 / （生物）胚盘（禽类卵黄上的胚芽）
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
芽、嫩芽 / （比喻）事物的萌芽、端倪 / （生物）鳥類卵黃上的胚盤
Korean Meaning
싹, 새순 / 생각의 싹, 조짐 / 난황 위의 배아원반
Indonesian
kuncup/tunas/pucuk tumbuhan / cikal bakal ide; firasat awal / cakram embrio pada kuning telur burung (blastodisk)
Vietnamese Meaning
mầm; chồi; lộc (thực vật) / mầm mống; manh nha (ý tưởng) / đĩa mầm (đĩa phôi) trên lòng đỏ trứng chim
Tagalog Meaning
usbong / binhi ng ideya / embriyo ng ibon sa dilaw ng itlog (germinal disk)
Sense（1）
芽: bud, sprout, shoot
Sense（2）
芽: the germ of an idea, an inkling
Sense（3）
芽: (biology) a bird embryo: more specifically, as found on the yolk of an egg, the blastodisk, the germinal disk, the embryonic disk
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana historical ）
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芽: bud, sprout, shoot / 芽: the germ of an idea, an inkling / 芽: (biology) a bird embryo: more specifically, as found on the yolk of an egg, the blastodisk, the germinal disk, the embryonic disk
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め
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A small bud on the cherry tree branch in the garden began to swell.
A small bud on the cherry tree branch in the garden began to swell.
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庭の桜の枝に小さなめが膨らみ始めた。
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