No. 2,750 in Japanese
芽
"芽" means "bud" or "sprout."
In a sentence
桜の木の芽が春に開く。
The buds of the cherry tree open in spring.
芽 is used to refer to the physical buds of plants.
彼の才能の芽が見え始めた。
The budding of his talent has started to show.
芽 is metaphorically used to describe the beginning or emergence of talent.
新しいアイデアの芽を大切に育てよう。
Let's carefully nurture the buds of new ideas.
芽 is used figuratively to symbolize potential or the initial stages of ideas.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “芽” in actual Japanese podcasts.
Find “芽” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Japanese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into 日本語, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Japanese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).