JLPT N3 · Verb

生える (haeru)

生える (はえる, haeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to grow; to spring up”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
はえる
Romaji
haeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to grow; to spring up; to sprout · ichidan verb, intransitive
  2. to cut (teeth) · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

おたまじゃくしは大きくなるにつれ、尻尾が消えて足が生えはじめる。
As a tadpole grows, the tail disappears and legs begin to form.
この子は今歯が生えかけているところです。
This child is teething now.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 生える

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary生えるはえる haeru
Polite (~masu)生えますはえます haemasu
Negative生えないはえない haenai
Polite negative生えませんはえません haemasen
Past生えたはえた haeta
Polite past生えましたはえました haemashita
Negative past生えなかったはえなかった haenakatta
Te-form生えてはえて haete
Potential生えられるはえられる haerareru
Passive生えられるはえられる haerareru
Causative生えさせるはえさせる haesaseru
Volitional生えようはえよう haeyou
Imperative生えろはえろ haero
Conditional (~ba)生えればはえれば haereba

Kanji in 生える

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 生える.

Source: JMdict entry 1378490 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.