To Grow
To Spring Up, To Sprout, To Come Out
intransitive verb, ichidan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. Remember how 生きる means "to live?" Well this is what happens right after it starts to live. It begins to grow!
はえる
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
When something starts to grow it also learns to laugh. Imagine a little plant growing out of the ground laughing. "Ha (は) ha ha ha!" it says, as it sprouts out of the ground.
あごひげがよく生えます。
My beard grows quickly.
「くさ生える」とは、おもしろいとおもったときにつかう日本のネットスラングで、「w」をくさに見立てたことからつかわれはじめました。
"Weeds grow," is Japanese Internet slang used when you think something's funny. It started because "w" (lol) looks like weeds.
こんなところにキノコが生えるのかね。
Do mushrooms grow in places like this?