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猫耳萌え [ねこみみもえ / Neko Mimi Moe]
Moe-ru is a classic verb to describe a young sprout of a plant, weak and vulnerable but so live and lovable, growing up(*). In modern oatku context, it is employed to express the worship for something little and cute, both as a noun and a verb.
(* ex. 石ばしる 垂水の 上の さ蕨の 萌え出づる 春に なり に ける かも "I feel the spring coming; how touching it is to see a sprout of bracken growing over the rapid river"- Prince Shiki, 7C)
>girl love is Yuri
Not exactly. The term Yuri, a lily, implies the intimacy between young girls. In juvenile days, some girls (as well as boys) have difficulty to manage their own sexuality. They hate those in the other sex, and build close relationships within the monosexual group. The fictitious fraternity ends when they get ready to accept their own gender. Yuri should be distinguished from the men's love to girls or mature lesbians'.
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