How to say "budding" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 発芽はつがnoun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe botanical sense: a seed or bud germinating and putting out a shoot. This is the common word for talking about plants budding or sprouting, as when buds appear in spring.
- 萌えもえnounAlso the plant sense — sprouting, budding, a young shoot — but a less common word, and in ordinary descriptions of budding plants 発芽 is the common choice; you will seldom need 萌え.
- 萌動ほうどうnoun, suru verbAlso means sprouting or budding, but as a less common near-synonym of 発芽 it is rarely the word you want for 'budding'; leave it aside unless you have met it in reading.
- 売り出し中うりだしちゅうno-adjectiveCovers 'budding' in the sense of 'up-and-coming': someone or something rising in popularity, such as a new performer being promoted. It does not describe plants; for that sense use 発芽.
For the plant sense of 'budding' choose the common 発芽; 「萌え」 and 萌動 are less common ways to say the same thing; for people or things that are up-and-coming, 'budding' is 「売り出し中」.
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