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JLPT N3 · Noun

芽 (me)

芽 (め, me) is a Japanese noun meaning “sprout; shoot”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
め
Romaji
me
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. sprout; shoot; bud · noun
  2. germinal disk (in an egg) · noun

Example sentences

木々は芽を出し始めた。
The trees are beginning to bud.
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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 芽

芽
bud, sprout, spearガ・め · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 芽.

発芽はつがgermination

Source: JMdict entry 1197710 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.