Illustration: On the small balcony of a Japanese apartment, a child crouches beside a shallow planter after morning watering. A fresh seedling has pushed through the soil, its curved stem lifting a little crust of earth and a seed coat still clinging to one opening leaf.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

生はえる

haeru

to grow, to sprout

Example sentences

  1. 庭にわに竹たけが生はえている。

    There’s bamboo growing in the garden.

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  2. おたまじゃくしは大おおきくなるにつれ、尻尾しっぽが消きえて足あしが生はえはじめる。

    As a tadpole grows, the tail disappears and legs begin to form.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 植物しょくぶつが生はえる。

    Plants grow.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 生

  • 生life; genuineOnセイ・ショウKunいきる・いかす・はえる

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