1 to sprout

2 to bud

3 to have a strong affection for (slang)

4 adorable (loanword from Japanese 萌え moe, slang describing affection for a cute character)

1 (slang) to act cute

1 to burgeon

2 to produce

3 to conceive

4 to be in the initial stage

1 to sprout (lit. or fig.)

2 to bud

3 to germinate

4 germ

5 seed

6 bud

1 endearingly silly

1 to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud