[quote=ReonenMiruel]
Just want to point out, 'moe' comes from 'moeru' which means 'to burn', or '[something] to be passionate about'. I mean, you could use google translate and this can be cleared up easily. .
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I though that the Japanese 萌え, もえ (moe, “budding”, “sprouting”), was an imperfective or continuative form of 萌える, もえる (moeru, “to burst into bud”, “to sprout”), from a kun reading of the Han character 萌 (“bud”, “sprout”).