生える

• 読み: はえる
• ローマ字: haeru
• 漢字の分解: 生 (haeru/sei) — life, grow, birth
• 発音: /ha.e.ɾɯ/

意味

To grow; to spring up; to sprout. Used for plants growing and teeth coming in.

A Group 2 (ichidan) intransitive verb. Describes natural growth from a surface: plants sprouting (草が生える), mushrooms appearing (きのこが生える), teeth coming in (歯が生える), and hair or beard growing (ひげが生える). Always implies something emerging from where it was not before. Different from 育つ (to grow up/be raised), which describes development over time.

例文

1. 庭に雑草がたくさん生えてきた。
2. 赤ちゃんの歯が初めて生えた。
3. 古いパンにカビが生えているのを見つけた。

使い方ガイド

場面: nature, health, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 生 is one of the most productive kanji, meaning life, birth, and growth. The える ending creates the intransitive 'to grow/sprout' reading.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal