萌える
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萌 |
も Jinmeiyō |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]/moju/ → /mojeru/ → /moeru/
From classical 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verb 萌ゆ (moyu).[1][2]
Derived from the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete or irrealis form”) and 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) 萌え (moe, likely parsed as moye) る (-ru, verb suffix), thereby shifting to 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”).
Possibly cognate with 燃える (moeru, “to burn, be passionate, light ablaze”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]Japanese verb pair | |
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active | 萌やす |
mediopassive | 萌える |
萌える • (moeru) intransitive ichidan (stem 萌え (moe), past 萌えた (moeta))
- to bud, sprout
- to be aroused (especially sexually)
- (by extension, slang) to feel or experience moé
- Synonym: ブヒる (buhiru)
- 僕は、メイドさんや巫女さんには萌えない。
- Boku wa, meido-san ya miko-san ni wa moenai.
- I don’t feel anything towards maids and shrine maids.
(Maids and shrine maids aren’t my type.)
- いまいち萌えない娘
- Imaichi Moenai Musume
- Lacking-in-Moé-Girl
- (literally, “girl [towards which it is] kind of difficult to experience moé”)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "萌える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 萌え | もえ | moe | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 萌え | もえ | moe | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 萌える | もえる | moeru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 萌える | もえる | moeru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 萌えれ | もえれ | moere | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 萌えよ¹ 萌えろ² |
もえよ¹ もえろ² |
moeyo¹ moero² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 萌えられる | もえられる | moerareru | |
Causative | 萌えさせる 萌えさす |
もえさせる もえさす |
moesaseru moesasu | |
Potential | 萌えられる 萌えれる³ |
もえられる もえれる³ |
moerareru moereru³ | |
Volitional | 萌えよう | もえよう | moeyō | |
Negative | 萌えない 萌えぬ 萌えん |
もえない もえぬ もえん |
moenai moenu moen | |
Negative continuative | 萌えず | もえず | moezu | |
Formal | 萌えます | もえます | moemasu | |
Perfective | 萌えた | もえた | moeta | |
Conjunctive | 萌えて | もえて | moete | |
Hypothetical conditional | 萌えれば | もえれば | moereba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential |
Derived terms
[edit]- 萌え立つ (moetatsu)
References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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