はえ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
蠅 (kyūjitai) 蝿

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *papay. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.

Alternative forms

• はい (hai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はえ [hàé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠e̞]

• Audio:

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Noun

はえ or ハエ • (hae) ^{←はへ (fafe)?}

1. a fly (insect of the family Muscidae)
   • 1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “チェンジ [Change]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [Short Program], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 160:

     ビールにハエは入(はい)ってませんでしたか？

     Bīru ni hae wa haittemasen deshita ka?

     There weren’t any flies in the beer, were there, sir?

     あ、はい。

     A, hai.

     Uh, no.

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ハエ (hae).

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
映え 栄え 栄

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of はえる (haeru, “to grow, to be attractive”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はえ [hàéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠e̞]

Noun

はえ • (hae) ^{←はえ (fae)?}

1. 映え, 栄え, 栄: prosperity

Adjective

はえ • (hae) ^{←はえ (fae)?}-na (adnominal はえな (hae na), adverbial はえに (hae ni))

1. 映え: photogenic, especially social media-worthy

   映(は)えな食(た)べ物(もの)

   hae na tabemono

   photogenic foods

Inflection

Inflection of はえ

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	はえだろ	hae daro
Continuative (連用形)	はえで	hae de
Terminal (終止形)	はえだ	hae da
Attributive (連体形)	はえな	hae na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	はえなら	hae nara
Imperative (命令形)	はえであれ	hae de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	はえではない はえじゃない	hae de wa nai hae ja nai
Informal past	はえだった	hae datta
Informal negative past	はえではなかった はえじゃなかった	hae de wa nakatta hae ja nakatta
Formal	はえです	hae desu
Formal negative	はえではありません はえじゃありません	hae de wa arimasen hae ja arimasen
Formal past	はえでした	hae deshita
Formal negative past	はえではありませんでした はえじゃありませんでした	hae de wa arimasen deshita hae ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	はえで	hae de
Conditional	はえなら（ば）	hae nara (ba)
Provisional	はえだったら	hae dattara
Volitional	はえだろう	hae darō
Adverbial	はえに	hae ni
Degree	はえさ	haesa

See also

• インスタ映(ば)え (Insuta-bae, “Instaworthy”)

Verb

はえ • (hae) ^{←はえ (fae)?}

1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of はえる (haeru) [ichidan]

Etymology 3

Alternative spelling
生え

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠e̞]

Verb

はえ • (hae) ^{←はえ (fae)?}

1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of はえる (haeru) [ichidan]

Etymology 4

Alternative spelling
掽

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 掽える (haeru, “to stack cleanly”, obsolete).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はえ [hàéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠e̞]

Noun

はえ • (hae) ^{←はへ (fafe)?}

1. a stack, especially of wood or rice straws

Derived terms

• 掽(はえ)積(づ)み (haezumi)

Etymology 5

Alternative spelling
岩礁

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はえ [hàéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) はえ [hàé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠e̞]

Noun

はえ • (hae) ^{←はえ (fae)?}

1. reef

Etymology 6

Alternative spelling
南風

From Proto-Japonic *paye. Cognate with Okinawan 南 (fē, “south”) and Yonaguni 南 (hai, “south”).

Common usage in western Japan.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はえ [hàéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠e̞]

Noun

はえ • (hae) ^{←はえ (fae)?}

1. (regional) south wind, southerly

Derived terms

• 南風(はえ)原(ばる) (Haebaru)
• 黒(くろ)南風(はえ) (kurohae)
• 白(しら)南風(はえ) (shirahae), 白(しろ)南風(はえ) (shirohae)

Proper noun

はえ • (Hae) 

1. a surname

Etymology 7

Alternative spelling
鮠

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はえ [háꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠e̞]

Noun

はえ • (hae) ^{←はえ (fae)?}

1. alternative form of はや (haya, “dace”)

Etymology 8

For pronunciation and definitions of はえ – see the following entry: 破壊

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