植わる

うわる · uwaru · JLPT N1 · noun

to be planted

🌱 植 (ue) = plant; 植わる = plant + わる, the intransitive form: already planted there

Pair it with 植える (ueru, to plant), the active verb where someone does the planting. 植わる (uwaru) is the state form: the plant is simply sitting in the ground, already planted.

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