萌える

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

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/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) + (-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

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Verb

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Japanese verb pair
active 萌やす
mediopassive 萌える

()える (moeruintransitive ichidan (stem () (moe), past ()えた (moeta))

  1. to bud, sprout
    Synonyms: 兆す (kizasu), 芽ぐむ (megumu)
  2. to be aroused (especially sexually)
  3. (by extension, slang) to feel or experience moé
    Synonym: ブヒる (buhiru)
    (ぼく)は、メイドさん巫女(みこ)さん()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()えない(むすめ)
    Imaichi Moenai Musume
    Lacking-in-Moé-Girl
    (literally, “girl [towards which it is] kind of difficult to experience moé”)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN