萌芽 ほうが germination #19,796 Meanings noun, takes する, intransitive germination; germ; sprout early sign; beginning; starting to appear Its kanji 萌 ホウ · も.える、きざ.す、めばえ、きざ.し show symptoms of, sprout, bud, malt 芽 ガ · め bud, sprout, spear, germ